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Staphylococcal Infections in the Hemodialysis Unit: Prevention Using Infection Control Principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Joseph W. Chow
Affiliation:
VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael Sorkin
Affiliation:
VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Angella Goetz
Affiliation:
VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Victor L. Yu*
Affiliation:
VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center, University Drive C. Pittsburgh, PA 15240
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1988

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