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Implementation of a Restricted Foods Policy at a Large Academic Medical Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Scott R. Cutro ,
Ranekka Dean  and
Michael S. Phillips
Scott R. Cutro
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
Ranekka Dean
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
Michael S. Phillips*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
*
Greenberg Hall (Room SC-132), 545 First Avenue, New York, NY 20016 (michael.phillips@nyumc.org).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 749 - 751
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

Footnotes

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Present affiliation: The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, Atlanta, Georgia.

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