With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands.

D Armellino; E Hussain; M. E Schilling; W Senicola; A Eichorn; Y Dlugacz; B. F Farber

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With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands.

June 12, 2013

Armellino D, Hussain E, Schilling ME, et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011;54(1).

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