About the Authors
- Gabriel Mestre
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* E-mail: mestre.ucin@centromedicodelfos.es
Affiliation Nosocomial Infection Control Unit, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Cristina Berbel
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Affiliation Nosocomial Infection Control Unit, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Purificación Tortajada
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Affiliation Nosocomial Infection Control Unit, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Margarita Alarcia
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Roser Coca
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Gema Gallemi
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Irene Garcia
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Mari Mar Fernández
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Mari Carmen Aguilar
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Affiliation Supervisor Nursing Department, Delfos Medical Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- José Antonio Martínez
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Universitary Hospital Virgen de Macarena, Seville, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: In January 2011, Lab HARTMANN S.A, provided 200 bottles of hydroalcoholic gel and gel dispensers as an unrestricted collaboration for an educational program in infection control in Delfos Medical Center. GM provides part-time consultancy activities for Lab HARTMANN S.A since April 2011. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest. Lab HARTMANN S.A had no role in the design of the study, analysis of the data, writing of the manuscript, or decision to publish. This does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GM JM RB. Performed the experiments: GM CB PT MA RC GG IG MF MCA. Analyzed the data: GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM CB PT MA RC GG IG MF MCA. Wrote the paper: GM CB PT MA RC GG IG MF MCA JAM JRB. Acquisition of data: GM CB PT MA RC GG IG MF MCA. Interpretation of data: GM JM JRB. Final approval of the version to be published: GM CB PT MA RC GG IG MF MCA JM JRB.