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Impact of Cohorting for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms with and without Real-Time Feedback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sunee Wongcharoen ,
Pornpong Luxamesathaporn ,
Thana Khawcharoenporn ,
Sassinuch Rujanavech ,
David K. Warren  and
Anucha Apisarnthanarak
Sunee Wongcharoen
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Pornpong Luxamesathaporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Thana Khawcharoenporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Sassinuch Rujanavech
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , June 2013 , pp. 648 - 650
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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