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CDC Guidelines on Infection Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert W. Haley*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Branch, Bacterial Diseases Division, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1981

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