Significant heterogeneity in hand hygiene compliance between different physician groups
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Introduction / objectives Although hand hygiene (HH) is known to be the single most important factor to reduce healthcare acquired infections, studies of HH compliance in health care workers (HCWs) has been reported to be between 3050%. Physician HH compliance is consistently lower than other HCWs. Whether the physician group is homogeneous with regard to HH compliance is uncertain. This study examines the HH compliance between different physician groups.
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