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Policy Implications of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America's Research Plan for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kurt B. Stevenson ,
Steven Gordon  and
Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Kurt B. Stevenson*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus
Steven Gordon
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, N-1122 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, (kurt.stevenson@osumc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 124 - 126
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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