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Averting a betrayal of trust: System and individual accountability in healthcare infection prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2019

Gonzalo M. Bearman  and
Rebecca A. Vokes Open the ORCID record for Rebecca A. Vokes [Opens in a new window]
Gonzalo M. Bearman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Rebecca A. Vokes*
Affiliation:
Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
*
Author for correspondence: Rebecca A. Vokes, Email: ravokes@vcu.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 8 , August 2019 , pp. 918 - 919
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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