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Infection Prevention Education: Are We Neglecting It?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew G. Sahud ,
Nitin Bhanot ,
Sunil Bhat ,
Stacy Lane  and
Rajinder Bajwa
Andrew G. Sahud*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nitin Bhanot
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunil Bhat
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stacy Lane
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rajinder Bajwa
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Avenue, South Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, (asahud@wpahs.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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