919Routine Hospital Acquired Infection surveys are feasible in low income health care settings and can inform quality improvement interventions
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income health care settings and can inform quality improvement interventions Emmanuel Ochola, MBChB, MSc; Tom R Okello, MBChB, MMed; Jackson Kansiime; Liliana Praticò MD; Donato Greco, MD, MSc; HIV, Research and Documentation, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda; Surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda; Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda; University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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