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Safety Culture and Hand Hygiene: Linking Attitudes to Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elizabeth Lee Daugherty ,
Lori A. Paine ,
Lisa L. Maragakis ,
J. Bryan Sexton  and
Cynthia S. Rand
Elizabeth Lee Daugherty*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Lori A. Paine
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Lisa L. Maragakis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
J. Bryan Sexton
Affiliation:
Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina; and Department of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Cynthia S. Rand
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 549, Baltimore, MD 21205 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1280 - 1282
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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