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Simple hand-washing video for visitors could reduce rapidly increasing hospital infection rates

Families visiting sick children significantly improved their hand-washing technique after being shown a simple and inexpensive video. Most hygiene studies have concentrated on health care staff, so this research is very important says Professor Roger Watson, editor of Journal of Clinical Nursing.

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