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O’Donoghue, Margaret https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3577-747X
Ho, Jacqueline M. C.
Pittet, Didier
Suen, Lorna K. P.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
School of Nursing, PolyU (P0001074)
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Article History
Received: 9 July 2019
Accepted: 21 September 2019
First Online: 29 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Human Subjects Ethics Review Committee of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Ethical approval no. HSEARS20151119002) and institutional approval was obtained from the residential care facility. Participation was voluntary. Any resident suffering from dementia, skin dermatitis or other skin conditions, or with a known allergy to alcohol was excluded from the study. An identification code known only to the researcher was assigned to each participant. This code was used on the checklist and the ABHR products A and B. Subjects were provided with a consent form and information sheet in Chinese, clearly explaining the details of the study. All subjects signed a form of consent to participate in the study.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
