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spellingShingle Caris, Martine G., Kamphuis, Pim G. A., Dekker, Mireille, de Bruijne, Martine C., van Agtmael, Michiel A., Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M. J. E., Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology (medical), Epidemiology
title Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
title_full Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
title_fullStr Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
title_full_unstemmed Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
title_short Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
title_sort patient safety culture and the ability to improve: a proof of concept study on hand hygiene
title_unstemmed Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene
topic Infectious Diseases, Microbiology (medical), Epidemiology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.209