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Prevention of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections: A National and International Priority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William R. Jarvis ,
Susan Temporado Cookson  and
M. Belen Robles
William R. Jarvis*
Affiliation:
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Susan Temporado Cookson
Affiliation:
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
M. Belen Robles
Affiliation:
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hospital Infections Program, MS E-69, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 272 - 275
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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