APIC/CHICA-Canada/CBIC infection prevention, control and epidemiology: professional and practice standards.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (APIC) and the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association-Canada (CHICA-Canada) collaborated to craft this document, Infection prevention, control and epidemiology: Professional and practice standards. Both professional organizations affirm their responsibility to their memberships and the public they serve to provide professional and practice standards. This document replaces the 1999 edition.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Canadian journal of infection control : the official journal of the Community & Hospital Infection Control Association-Canada = Revue canadienne de prevention des infections
دوره 23 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008