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The Art of Oversimplification: The Challenge of Measuring Hospital-Acquired MRSA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marin L. Schweizer  and
Michael A. Rubin
Marin L. Schweizer*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Michael A. Rubin
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
*
Iowa City VAHCS (152), 601 Highway 6, West Iowa City, IA 52246 (marin-schweizer@uiowa.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , February 2012 , pp. 122 - 123
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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