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Usefulness and Accuracy of Weekly Point-Prevalence Surveys in Active Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Tommasangelo Petitti ,
Beniamino Sadun  and
Giordano Dicuonzo
Tommasangelo Petitti
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Committee
Beniamino Sadun
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Committee
Giordano Dicuonzo
Affiliation:
Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , pp. 335 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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