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Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings

  • David B. Banach (a1), Gonzalo Bearman (a2), Marsha Barnden (a3), Jennifer A. Hanrahan (a4), Surbhi Leekha (a5), Daniel J. Morgan (a5), Rekha Murthy (a6), L. Silvia Munoz-Price (a7), Kaede V. Sullivan (a8), Kyle J. Popovich (a9) and Timothy L. Wiemken (a10)...
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Address correspondence to David Banach, MD, MPH, MS, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030 (dbanach@uchc.edu).
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