Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs
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- 1 February 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 32 (2), 101-114
- https://doi.org/10.1086/657912
Abstract
Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs - Volume 32 Issue 2 - Craig A. Umscheid, Matthew D. Mitchell, Jalpa A. Doshi, Rajender Agarwal, Kendal Williams, Patrick J. BrennanKeywords
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