The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on May 01, 2014

Authors

Nasia Safdar1, Deverick J Anderson, Barbara I Braun, Philip Carling, Stuart Cohen, Curtis Donskey, Marci Drees, Anthony Harris, David K Henderson, Susan S Huang, Manisha Juthani-Mehta, Ebbing Lautenbach, Darren R Linkin, Jennifer Meddings, Loren G Miller, Aaron Milstone, Daniel Morgan, Sharmila Sengupta, Meera Varman, Deborah Yokoe, Danielle M Zerr, Research Committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Author Affiliations

1: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Infectious Disease Division, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.

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