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Lessons from a Community-Based Infection Prevention Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kyle J. Popovich*
Affiliation:
Rush University Medical Center and Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
*
600 South Paulina Street, Suite 143, Chicago, IL 60612-3806, (kyle_popovich@rush.edu)

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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