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Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections: A Fundamental Ingredient for Quality

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, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop E-55, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 475 - 478
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997 

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