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Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Hospital Location of Catheter Insertion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
JaHyun Kang ,
Vickie M. Brown ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
JaHyun Kang
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Vickie M. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1057 - 1058
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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