It's not all about me: motivating hand hygiene among health care professionals by focusing on patients.

Adam M. Grant; David A. Hofmann

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It's not all about me: motivating hand hygiene among health care professionals by focusing on patients.

February 15, 2012

Grant AM, Hofmann DA. Psychol Sci. 2011;22(12):1494-9.

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This comparison of different methods for promoting hand hygiene found that patient-centered reminders were effective at improving hand hygiene rates.

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