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Reply to Farr and Jarvis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard R Wenzel ,
Gonzalo Bearman  and
Michael B. Edmond
Richard R Wenzel*
Affiliation:
Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Michael B. Edmond
Affiliation:
Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
*
Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980663, Richmond, VA 23298) [email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , May 2009 , pp. 499 - 500
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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