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Reply to Parcell et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Vineet Chopra  and
Nasia Safdar
Vineet Chopra*
Affiliation:
Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nasia Safdar
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School and Infection Control Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
*
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16, Room 432W, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (vineetc@umich.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 12 , December 2013 , pp. 1329 - 1330
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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