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Twenty years of infection prevention: A longitudinal perspective from an academic medical center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2021

John W. Ahern ,
Cindy D. Noyes ,
Lindsay M. Smith  and
W. Alston Open the ORCID record for W. Alston [Opens in a new window]
John W. Ahern
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, University of Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
Cindy D. Noyes
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Division, University of Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
Lindsay M. Smith
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Division, University of Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
W. Alston*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Division, University of Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
*
Author for correspondence: W. Alston, E-mail: wallace.alston@uvmhealth.org
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , January 2022 , pp. 115 - 117
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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