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Reply to Curran et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leonard A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
T. Tony Trinh
Affiliation:
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903 (lmermel@lifespan.org)
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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