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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dennis G. Maki
Dennis G. Maki*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Center for Trauma and Life Support, University of Wisconsin Hospital Madison, Wisconsin
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Letters to the Editor
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 11 , November 1994 , pp. 685 - 686
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994 

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