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Exploiting interprofessional learning to reduce avoidable healthcare associated infections: project development and outcomes of the pilot event in an acute NHS foundation trust
This paper reflects upon the development of an interprofessional education project and the learning derived from the pilot event, which focused upon interprofessional learning in action and its potential to enable collaborative working to reduce avoidable healthcare associated infections in an acute NHS foundation trust.
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