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Lessons Learned From Outbreaks and Pseudo-Outbreaks Associated with Bronchoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Medical School, and Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Medical School, and Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB #7030, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , March 2012 , pp. 230 - 234
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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