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Caring for Healthcare Workers A Global Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Janine Jagger
Janine Jagger*
Affiliation:
International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia Health System, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
*
Director, International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia Health System, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (jcj@virginia.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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