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Three Uses of the Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) in Infection Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Tracy L. Gustafson
Tracy L. Gustafson*
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Prevention Analysts, Austin, Texas
*
Infection Control and Prevention Analysts, Inc., 515 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite 240, Austin, TX 78746 (tlgustafson@sbcglobal.net)
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , April 2006 , pp. 427 - 430
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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