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Influential Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Past Decade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Arjun Srinivasan
Arjun Srinivasan*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A35, Atlanta, GA 30333 (beu8@cdc.gov)
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Abstract

Outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections have long played a critical role in both identification and mitigation of emerging challenges in health care. This article describes some of the most influential outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections in the past decade that serve as excellent illustrations of this point.

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Supplement Article
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S70 - S72
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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