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Introduction to “Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

James B. Battles
Affiliation:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
James I. Cleeman
Affiliation:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
Katherine L. Kahn
Affiliation:
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Daniel A. Weinberg
Affiliation:
IMPAQ International, LLC, Columbia, Maryland
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