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How Long Is Long Enough? Determining the Optimal Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elizabeth Bryce  and
Leslie Forrester
Elizabeth Bryce*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Leslie Forrester
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Regional Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, JPN 1111, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada (elizabeth.bryce@vch.ca)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 11 , November 2012 , pp. 1178 - 1179
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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