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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Marguerite M. Jackson  and
Patricia Lynch
Marguerite M. Jackson
Affiliation:
University of California San Diego, Medical Center San Diego, California
Patricia Lynch
Affiliation:
Harborview Medical Center Seattle, Washington
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 191 - 192
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