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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guideline Approach Works to Control a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Denise Harberg
Denise Harberg*
Affiliation:
East Central Health, Camrose, Alberta, Canada
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , February 2005 , pp. 115 - 116
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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