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Hand Hygiene Championship: A Direct Observational Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anees S. Alhenn ,
Amin Yousef ,
Mohammad Mhawsh  and
Noor Alqudah
Anees S. Alhenn*
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Amin Yousef
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Mhawsh
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Noor Alqudah
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
Intensive Care Unit, Infection Control Coordinator, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (alhennn@gmail.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 10 , October 2013 , pp. 1126 - 1127
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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