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Reply to Vanhems et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Geoffrey Taylor ,
Robyn Mitchell ,
Allison McGeer ,
Charles Frenette ,
Kathryn N. Suh ,
Alice Wong ,
Kevin Katz ,
Krista Wilkinson ,
Barbara Amihod  and
Denise Gravel
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Geoffrey Taylor*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Robyn Mitchell
Affiliation:
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Allison McGeer
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charles Frenette
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kathryn N. Suh
Affiliation:
Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alice Wong
Affiliation:
Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kevin Katz
Affiliation:
North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Krista Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Barbara Amihod
Affiliation:
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Denise Gravel
Affiliation:
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
2D3.05 WMC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 297, Canada (geoff.taylor@ualberta.ca).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1075
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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