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Point-Prevalence of Contamination of Healthcare Workers' Stethoscopes With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci at Two Teaching Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christoph G. Lange ,
Anne B. Morrissey  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Christoph G. Lange
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University
Anne B. Morrissey
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University
Curtis J. Donskey
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 2000 , pp. 756
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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