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Surgical-Site Infections (SSI) and the NNIS Basic SSI Risk Index, Part II: Room for Improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert P. Gaynes
Robert P. Gaynes*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, E-55, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 266 - 267
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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