Hand hygiene compliance targets: what are we actually targeting?

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Team, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: craig.bradley@uhb.nhs.uk.
² Infection Prevention and Control Team, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Comment

C W Bradley et al. J Hosp Infect. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;95(4):359-360.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Feb 9.

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Team, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: craig.bradley@uhb.nhs.uk.
² Infection Prevention and Control Team, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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