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Surgical Site Infections: Simplifying the Definitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Inge Gurevich
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
Teresa C. Horan
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Activity, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

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Type
Ask the Epidemiologist
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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