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Practice Guideline
. 2008 Sep;29(9):785-814.
doi: 10.1086/592416.

SHEA/APIC guideline: infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility, July 2008

Philip W Smith  1 , Gail Bennett, Suzanne Bradley, Paul Drinka, Ebbing Lautenbach, James Marx, Lona Mody, Lindsay Nicolle, Kurt Stevenson; SHEA; APIC
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Practice Guideline

SHEA/APIC guideline: infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility, July 2008

Philip W Smith et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep.
No abstract available

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