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Rates of Adherence to Hand Hygiene and Gloving Practices in 2 French Rehabilitation Hospitals by Differentiation between Single Contacts and Series of Successive Contacts with Patients or the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthieu Eveillard ,
Armelle Rabjeau ,
Marie-Thérèse Pradelle ,
Françoise Raymond ,
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou  and
Patrick Brunel
Matthieu Eveillard*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France
Armelle Rabjeau
Affiliation:
Reseau Anjelin, Centre Régional de Rééducation et Réadaptation Fonctionnelles, France
Marie-Thérèse Pradelle
Affiliation:
Reseau Anjelin, Centre Régional de Rééducation et Réadaptation Fonctionnelles, France
Françoise Raymond
Affiliation:
Angers and Antenne, Régionale de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Nantes, France
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France
Patrick Brunel
Affiliation:
Reseau Anjelin, Centre Régional de Rééducation et Réadaptation Fonctionnelles, France
*
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers, F-49000, France (MaEveillard@chu-angers.fr)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 878 - 879
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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