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Control of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Where Shall We Send Our Hospital Director Next Time?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stephan Harbarth  and
Didier Pittet
Stephan Harbarth
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Pittet*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , May 2003 , pp. 314 - 316
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