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Alarming Baseline Rates of Nosocomial Infection and Surgical Prophylaxis Errors in a Small Teaching Hospital in Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

José L. Bustos ,
Eduardo Vesco ,
Claudia Tosello ,
Adriana Almará ,
Mariana Boleas ,
Elsa Magnin ,
Francisco Salamone ,
Beatriz Sartori ,
Graciana Morera  and
Carlos Bantar
José L. Bustos
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Eduardo Vesco
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Claudia Tosello
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Adriana Almará
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Mariana Boleas
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Elsa Magnin
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Francisco Salamone
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Beatriz Sartori
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Graciana Morera
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Carlos Bantar
Affiliation:
Hospital San Martín, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 264 - 265
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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