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Network Approach for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Teresa C. Horan ,
Kathryn E. Arnold ,
Catherine A. Rebmann  and
Scott K. Fridkin
Teresa C. Horan*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Kathryn E. Arnold
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Catherine A. Rebmann
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Scott K. Fridkin
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop A-24, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA30333 (thoran@cdc.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 11 , November 2011 , pp. 1143 - 1144
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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