title: Hand washing awareness: a community health initiative.
abstract: Handwashing, so simple but forgotten in this busy, hectic, modern world. As perioperative nurses, handwashing is part of our everyday routine. The Ottawa Regional Operating Room Nurses Association brought this important message to the community through our "Back to Basics Health Awareness" Campaign described herein.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aboud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bustard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lagodski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation