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A set of environmental measures to control a Fusarium outbreak in an oncohematologic ward: An interrupted time series study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2020

Daniela Santonato*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Andrea Novau
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Leonardo Fabbro
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laura Paulosky
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stefanny Panez
Affiliation:
Department of Haematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gloria Pineda
Affiliation:
Department of Mycology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fátima Prado
Affiliation:
General Services, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Marta Rivas
Affiliation:
Department of Haematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastián Sevilla
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Laura Pereyra
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gustavo Kusminsky
Affiliation:
Department of Haematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wanda Cornistein
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Author for correspondence: Daniela Santonato, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Research Brief
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© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved

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