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Does the Evidence Support the SHEA-IDSA Recommendation on the Use of Positive-Pressure Mechanical Valves?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kerry J. Edgar
Kerry J. Edgar*
Affiliation:
Marketing and Clinical Affairs, Medegen, Ontario, California
*
Marketing and Clinical Affairs, Medegen, 930 Wanamaker Avenue, Ontario, CA 91761 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 402 - 403
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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