Infection prevention in the emergency department.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on April 12, 2014

Authors

Stephen Y Liang1, Daniel L Theodoro2, Jeremiah D Schuur3, Jonas Marschall4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: sliang@dom.wustl.edu.
2: Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
3: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
4: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

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