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H1N1 Influenza: Contact Investigation Burden because of Failure to Institute Influenza Precautions in Patients with Negative Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Burke A. Cunha ,
Valsamma Thekkel  and
Carol Cohan
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Infection Control Section, and Employee Health Service, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Valsamma Thekkel
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Infection Control Section, and Employee Health Service, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Carol Cohan
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Infection Control Section, and Employee Health Service, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
*
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 102 - 104
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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