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Understanding and Preventing Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens Due to the Contaminated Hospital Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 5: Special Topic Issue: The Role of the Environment in Infection Prevention , May 2013 , pp. 449 - 452
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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