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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
UNC School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
UNC School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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