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Positive Deviance and Hand Hygiene: More Questions than Answers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Andre C. Kalil
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
*
984031 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4031 (merupp@unmc.edu)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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