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The Expanding Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist in 2014: A Survey of the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network

Part of: Developing an Infection Control Program SHEA Research Network Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2015

Daniel J. Morgan ,
Valerie M. Deloney ,
Allison Bartlett ,
Susan E. Boruchoff ,
Renato Camagros Couto ,
Michael Oji ,
Aruna Poojary ,
Gwen Rogers ,
Carol Sulis  and
Aaron M. Milstone
Daniel J. Morgan
Affiliation:
Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Valerie M. Deloney
Affiliation:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Allison Bartlett
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Susan E. Boruchoff
Affiliation:
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Renato Camagros Couto
Affiliation:
Federal University, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Michael Oji
Affiliation:
Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos, Nigeria
Aruna Poojary
Affiliation:
Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai, India
Gwen Rogers
Affiliation:
Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
Carol Sulis
Affiliation:
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , May 2015 , pp. 605 - 608
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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