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Device-Related Infections in Home Health Care and Hospice Infection Rates, 1998–2008

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
Vickie Brown ,
Kirk Huslage ,
Emily Sickbert-Bennett  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Vickie Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC
Kirk Huslage
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC
Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
*
2163 Bioinfor-matics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1022 - 1024
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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