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Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci After Discharge From an Epidemic Ward: Results of Outpatient Contact Screening by Visiting Nurses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Cathy Voide ,
Christiane Petignat ,
Dominique S. Blanc ,
Giorgio Zanetti ,
Patrick Genoud ,
Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen  and
Laurence Senn
Cathy Voide*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Christiane Petignat
Affiliation:
Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Dominique S. Blanc
Affiliation:
Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Giorgio Zanetti
Affiliation:
Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Patrick Genoud
Affiliation:
Nursing Directorate, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen
Affiliation:
Medical Directorate, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Laurence Senn
Affiliation:
Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
*
Address correspondence to Cathy Voide, MD, CHUV, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland (cathy.voide@chuv.ch).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , June 2016 , pp. 731 - 732
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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