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A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2015

Pinyo Rattanaumpawan ,
Nicha Teeratorn  and
Visanu Thamlikitkul
Pinyo Rattanaumpawan*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicha Teeratorn
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Visanu Thamlikitkul
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
*
Address correspondence to Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, MD, MSCE, PhD, 2 Wang Lang Rd., Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Supplement 2 , February 2016 , pp. 231 - 233
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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