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Getting to Zero: An Emerging Policy Framework for the Elimination of Hospital-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chesley Richards
Chesley Richards*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS A-07, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30333 (CRichards@cdc.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 71 - 73
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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