942How Do Hospitals Detect Outbreaks?
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Meghan Baker, MD, ScD; Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, FIDSA; Alyssa R. Letourneau, MD, MPH; Rebecca E. Kaganov, BA; Jennifer R. Peeples, MPH; Marci Drees, MD, MS, FACP; Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program; Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Boston, MA; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA; Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
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