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Searching Many Guidelines for How Best to Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Healthcare-Associated Spread and Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry M. Farr  and
William R. Jarvis
Barry M. Farr*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Jarvis and Jason Associates, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
*
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800473, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (bmf@virginia.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 808 - 809
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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