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An Epidemiologic Approach to Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, and Clinical Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Michael D. Decker ,
Laura Lee ,
Vickey Anderson ,
Pat Piringer ,
Jean Boone  and
David K. Henderson
Laura Lee
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Vickey Anderson
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Pat Piringer
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Jean Boone
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
David K. Henderson*
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Building 10 Room 2C146, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Beyond Infection Control: The New Hospital Epidemiology
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 9 , September 1992 , pp. 545 - 552
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992

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