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Compliance of health care workers to hand hygiene: awareness of being observed is important

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  1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Cedex 12, UMR S 707, 75571, Paris, France

    Eric Maury & Georges Offenstadt

  2. Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571, Paris, France

    Nael Moussa & Choukri Lakermi

  3. UHLIN, Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571, Paris, France

    Frederic Barbut

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Maury, E., Moussa, N., Lakermi, C. et al. Compliance of health care workers to hand hygiene: awareness of being observed is important. Intensive Care Med 32, 2088–2089 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0398-9

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