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A social media intervention to improve hypoglycemia management at a multicenter hospital: a quality improvement pilot for clinical nursesFootnote*

Filomena De Sousa1967 Riverside Drive, Box 215, Ottawa, OntarioK1H 7W9, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer JacksonKing’s College London, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, LondonSE1 8WA, United Kingdom
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Ruth KnightDepartment of Biostatistics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, De Crespigny Park Denmark Hill, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdom
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Edith Cloutier1967 Riverside Drive, Box 215, Ottawa, OntarioK1H 7W9, Canada
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Rosemary Basa1967 Riverside Drive, Box 215, Ottawa, OntarioK1H 7W9, Canada
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Anne Fourney1967 Riverside Drive, Box 215, Ottawa, OntarioK1H 7W9, Canada
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Kathleen Devecseri1967 Riverside Drive, Box 215, Ottawa, OntarioK1H 7W9, Canada
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Pages 44-51 | Received 25 Jul 2017, Accepted 05 Feb 2018, Published online: 05 Mar 2018

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