AAP News Vol. 1 No. 8 August 1985, p. 3
© 1985 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the program encourages children to remind medical and nursing staff that "T. Bear says to wash your hands."