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Web-Based Training to Improve Knowledge and Change Practice in Preventing Healthcare Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hilary Humphreys*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Seamus McHugh
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Borislav D. Dimitrov
Affiliation:
Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Seamus Cowman
Affiliation:
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Sean Tierney
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland Department of Surgical Informatics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Arnie D. K. Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
Hilary Humphreys, MD, Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 9063, Dublin 9, Ireland (hhumphreys@rcsi.ie)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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