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- 36
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- 5
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- 309-332
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Teresa Horan,
Mary Andrus,
Margaret A. Dudeck
(2008).
CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting.
American Journal of Infection Control
, 36
(5)
, 309-332.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.03.002
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- 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.03.002