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Incidence of Catheter-Associated and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Healthcare System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett ,
Carolyn V. Gould ,
Vickie M. Brown ,
Kirk Huslage  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carolyn V. Gould
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Vickie M. Brown
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kirk Huslage
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina University of North Carolina, 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 32 , Issue 8 , August 2011 , pp. 822 - 823
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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