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A Formula for Infection Control Using Colonization Pressure and Compliance Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Kenji Kono
Kenji Kono*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Fukuoka Kinen Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
*
FSHEA, 1-1-35 Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Japan 814-8525 (k-kono@hica.jp).
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1200 - 1201
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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