Positive Deviance: A New Tool for Infection Prevention and Patient Safety.

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Published in Curr Infect Dis Rep on September 28, 2013

Authors

Alexandre R Marra1, Oscar Fernando Pavão Dos Santos, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Michael B Edmond

Author Affiliations

1: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 627/701, 8th floor, Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 05651-901, alexandre.marra@einstein.br.

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