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Denominators for Device Infections: Who and How to Count

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William E. Trick  and
Matthew Samore
William E. Trick*
Affiliation:
Collaborative Research Unit, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Matthew Samore
Affiliation:
Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
*
Collaborative Research Unit, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1900 West Polk Street, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60612 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 641 - 643
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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