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Surveillance of Central Venous Catheter–Associated Bloodstream Infection in a Scottish Hematology Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ann Graham  and
William J. Olver
Ann Graham
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
William J. Olver*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
*
Department of Medical Microbiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK (william.olver@nhs.net)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 985 - 986
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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