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Reduction in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Burns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

David van Duin ,
Samuel W. Jones ,
Lauren Dibiase ,
Grace Schmits ,
Anne Lachiewicz ,
Charles Scott Hultman ,
William A. Rutala ,
David J. Weber  and
Bruce A. Cairns
David van Duin*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Samuel W. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lauren Dibiase
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Grace Schmits
Affiliation:
North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Anne Lachiewicz
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charles Scott Hultman
Affiliation:
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bruce A. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Road, Mail Code CB# 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (david_vanduin@med.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1066 - 1068
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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