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The Value of Universal versus Targeted Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Admission Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Creamer  and
H. Humphreys
E. Creamer
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
H. Humphreys*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 9063, Dublin 9, Ireland (hhumphreys@rcsi.ie)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 102 - 103
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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