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. 2020 Nov;26(11):1566-1568.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.002. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Dramatically improved hand hygiene performance rates at time of coronavirus pandemic

S Israel  1 , K Harpaz  2 , E Radvogin  2 , C Schwartz  2 , I Gross  2 , H Mazeh  3 , M J Cohen  4 , S Benenson  2
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Dramatically improved hand hygiene performance rates at time of coronavirus pandemic

S Israel et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Nov.
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Monthly hand hygiene compliance rates. (a) Compliance stratified to before and after hand hygiene moments; (b) p-control chart of total non-compliance rates.
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