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The authors reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gary A. Noskin ,
Lance R. Peterson  and
John M. Boyce
Gary A. Noskin
Affiliation:
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Lance R. Peterson
Affiliation:
Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois
John M. Boyce
Affiliation:
Miriam Hospital Providence, Rhode Island
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1996 , pp. 771 - 772
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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