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Volume 25: An Important Milestone Despite Continuing Infection Control Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry M. Farr
Barry M. Farr*
Affiliation:
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
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University of Virginia Health System, Cobb Hall, Room 1002, Hospital Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 7 - 9
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