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Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Betsy McCaughey*
Affiliation:
Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, New York, New York
*
Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, 185 East 85th Street, Suite 35B, New York, NY 10028 (betsymross@aol.com)

Abstract

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Type
Research Brief
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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