Hand hygiene in long-term care facilities: A multicenter study of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers

Muhammad Salman Ashraf; Syed Wasif Hussain; Nimit Agarwal; Sadaf Ashraf; Gabriel EL-Kass; Roshan Hussain; Hashim Nemat; Nairmeen Haller; Nairmeen Haller; Renee Pekmezaris; Cristina Sison; Rajni Walia; Ann Eichorn; Charles Cal; Yosef Dlugacz; Barbara T. Edwards; Betina Louis; Gloria Alano; Gisele Wolf-Klein

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Hand hygiene in long-term care facilities: A multicenter study of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers

Muhammad Salman Ashraf
, Syed Wasif Hussain
, Nimit Agarwal
, Sadaf Ashraf
, Gabriel EL-Kass
, Roshan Hussain
, Hashim Nemat
, Nairmeen Haller
, Nairmeen Haller
, Renee Pekmezaris
, Cristina Sison
, Rajni Walia
, Ann Eichorn
, Charles Cal
, Yosef Dlugacz
, Barbara T. Edwards
, Betina Louis
, Gloria Alano
, Gisele Wolf-Klein

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA.
Mayo Clinic
Loyola University Chicago
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Division of Geriatrics
Krasnoff Institute
Harlem Hospital Center
University of Akron
Health Services Research
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System

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Original language	American English
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/653821
State	Published - Jul 1 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Ashraf, M. S., Hussain, S. W., Agarwal, N., Ashraf, S., EL-Kass, G., Hussain, R., Nemat, H., Haller, N., Haller, N., Pekmezaris, R., Sison, C., Walia, R., Eichorn, A., Cal, C., Dlugacz, Y., Edwards, B. T., Louis, B., Alano, G., & Wolf-Klein, G. (2010). Hand hygiene in long-term care facilities: A multicenter study of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31(7). https://doi.org/10.1086/653821

Ashraf, MS, Hussain, SW, Agarwal, N, Ashraf, S, EL-Kass, G, Hussain, R, Nemat, H, Haller, N, Haller, N, Pekmezaris, R, Sison, C, Walia, R, Eichorn, A, Cal, C, Dlugacz, Y, Edwards, BT, Louis, B, Alano, G & Wolf-Klein, G 2010, 'Hand hygiene in long-term care facilities: A multicenter study of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 31, no. 7. https://doi.org/10.1086/653821

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