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Will the Real Infection Rate Please Stand?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Peter C. Fuchs
Peter C. Fuchs*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
*
Department of Pathology, St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, 9205 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, OR 97225
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 235 - 236
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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