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Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak in a Closed Psychiatric Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Vendula Nováková ,
Mireia Cantero-Caballero ,
Ana Clara Zoni ,
Rosa Plá-Mestre ,
María del Carmen Olmedo-Lucerón  and
Paz Rodríguez-Pérez
Vendula Nováková*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Mireia Cantero-Caballero
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Ana Clara Zoni
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Rosa Plá-Mestre
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
María del Carmen Olmedo-Lucerón
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Paz Rodríguez-Pérez
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
*
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Calle Dr Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain (vendula.novakova@salud.madrid.org).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , July 2013 , pp. 764 - 765
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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