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Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Ciavarella  and
Jaime Ritter
David J. Ciavarella*
Affiliation:
C. R. Bard, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Jaime Ritter
Affiliation:
C. R. Bard, Murray Hill, New Jersey
*
Staff Vice-President, Corporate Clinical Affairs, C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (david.ciavarella@crbard.com)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 404 - 405
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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