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Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Julia S. Garner  and
the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Julia S. Garner*
Affiliation:
Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Mailstop E-69, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 54 - 80
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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