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Clostridium difficile Surveillance: A Multicenter Comparison of LabID Events and Use of Standard Definitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rosa Baier ,
Blake Morphis ,
Maureen Marsella  and
Leonard A. Mermel
Rosa Baier
Affiliation:
Healthcentric Advisors, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Blake Morphis
Affiliation:
Healthcentric Advisors, Providence, Rhode Island
Maureen Marsella
Affiliation:
Healthcentric Advisors, Providence, Rhode Island
Leonard A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903 (lmermel@lifspan.org)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , June 2013 , pp. 653 - 655
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

References

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