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. 2021 Mar;22(2):59-61.
doi: 10.1177/1757177420982043. Epub 2020 Dec 27.

The nadir that brought about national infection prevention and control policy

Evonne T Curran  1
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The nadir that brought about national infection prevention and control policy

Evonne T Curran. J Infect Prev. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Infection control; infection prevention; national policy.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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