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Clamping Down on Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Karl Wittnebel*
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Mark J. Ault
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
*
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Becker 113, Los Angeles, CA 90016 (karl.wittnebel@cshs.org)
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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