Study: Patient safety trumps personal safety for motivating hand washing
OSHA Healthcare Connection, September 6, 2011
The best way to get healthcare workers to wash their hands is not to scare them about their own health but by reminding that hand washing helps others, according to a study to appear in Psychological Science.
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