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Hand Hygiene Product Volume Measurement: An Integral Part of a Multiple-Method Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Maryanne McGuckin  and
John Govednik
Maryanne McGuckin*
Affiliation:
McGuckin Methods International, Ardmore, Pennsylvania Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Govednik
Affiliation:
McGuckin Methods International, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
*
115 East Athens Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003 (mcguckin@hhreports.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 9 , September 2010 , pp. 980 - 981
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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