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. 2008 Sep;36(7):504-35.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.06.001.

SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility

Philip W Smith  1 , Gail Bennett, Suzanne Bradley, Paul Drinka, Ebbing Lautenbach, James Marx, Lona Mody, Lindsay Nicolle, Kurt Stevenson; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA); Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
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SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility

Philip W Smith et al. Am J Infect Control. 2008 Sep.
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