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Reply to Panchabhai and Dangayach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues ,
Wanessa Teixeira Bellissimo-Rodrigues  and
Roberto Martinez
Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues*
Affiliation:
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil
Wanessa Teixeira Bellissimo-Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil
Roberto Martinez
Affiliation:
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil
*
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (USP), Avenida dos Bandeirantes, n° 3900, Bairro Monte Alegre, CEP 14048-900, Ribeirāo Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil (fbellissimo@ig.com.bror, fbellissimo@usp.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 429 - 430
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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