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Hand washing stops infections, so why do health care workers skip it?

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Hospital infections affect almost two million people in the United States every year, 100,000 of whom die. Up to 70 percent of these infections could be prevented if health care workers follow recommended protocols, which include hand hygiene.

To me as a physician who studies health quality, it often...

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