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Infection Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Philip W. Smith
Philip W. Smith*
Affiliation:
Clarkson Hospital and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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4242 Farnam Street, Suite 650, Omaha, NE 68131
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 55 - 58
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1991

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