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The Impact of Role Models on Hand Hygiene Compliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2015

Carolyn Dombecki ,
Muazzum M. Shah ,
Angela Eke-Usim ,
Sarah R. Akkina ,
Melissa Ahrens ,
Lisa Sturm ,
Laraine Washer  and
Betsy Foxman
Carolyn Dombecki*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Muazzum M. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Angela Eke-Usim
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Sarah R. Akkina
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Melissa Ahrens
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lisa Sturm
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Laraine Washer
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Betsy Foxman*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
*
Address correspondence to Carolyn Dombecki, MPH, 300 N. Ingalls, NI8B06 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (careyd@med.umich.edu) or Betsy Foxman, PhD, 1415 Washington Heights, M5108 SPH II Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 (bfoxman@umich.edu).
Address correspondence to Carolyn Dombecki, MPH, 300 N. Ingalls, NI8B06 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (careyd@med.umich.edu) or Betsy Foxman, PhD, 1415 Washington Heights, M5108 SPH II Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 (bfoxman@umich.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , May 2015 , pp. 610 - 612
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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