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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Nov;19(11):858-60. doi: 10.1086/647747.

An observational study of hand washing and infection control practices by healthcare workers.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

J Hazy, C Wang, C Watanakunakorn

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  1. St Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, OH 44501-1790, USA.

PMID: 9831945 DOI: 10.1086/647747

Abstract

During a 6-week period, a medical student conducted an observational study of hand washing and infection control practices in a community teaching hospital. There was no difference in the prevalence of handwashing practices among the three work shifts. The prevalence of hand washing was higher in surgical (56.4%) and medical intensive-care units (39.2%) than in intermediate (30.0%) or general units (22.8%).

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