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Surveillance of Surgical-Site Infections: The World Coming Together?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert P. Gaynes
Robert P. Gaynes*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hospital Infections Program E-55, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 309 - 310
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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