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Visitor screening and staff sick leave policies in US hospitals

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2018

Eric J. Chow ,
Michael A. Smit  and
Leonard A. Mermel
Eric J. Chow
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Michael A. Smit
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Leonard A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Leonard Mermel, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street Providence, RI 02905. E-mail:lmermel@lifespan.org
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 8 , August 2018 , pp. 1006 - 1008
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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