Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.
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. Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals • Author(s): Erik R. Dubberke , MD, Dale N. Gerding , MD, David Classen , MD, MS, Kathleen M. Arias , MS, CIC, Kelly Podgorny , RN, MS, CPHQ, Deverick J. Anderson , MD, MPH, Helen Burstin , MD, David P. Calfee , MD, MS, Susan E. Coffin , MD, MPH, Victoria Fraser , MD, Frances A. Griffin , RRT, MPA, Peter Gross , MD, Keith S. Kaye , MD, Michael Klompas , MD, Evelyn Lo , MD, Jonas Marschall , MD, Leonard A. Mermel , DO, ... Reviewed work(s): Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 29, No. S1, A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare‐Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals (October 2008), pp. S81-S92 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591065 Accessed: 25/01/2012 13:33
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
دوره 29 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008