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More Cleaning, Less Screening: Evaluation of the Time Required for Monitoring versus Performing Environmental Cleaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Sirisha Kundrapu ,
Venkata Sunkesula ,
Brett M. Sitzlar ,
Dennis Fertelli ,
Abhishek Deshpande  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Sirisha Kundrapu
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Venkata Sunkesula
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Brett M. Sitzlar
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Dennis Fertelli
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Abhishek Deshpande
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 (curtisdl23@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , February 2014 , pp. 202 - 204
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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