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National Survey of Infection Preventionists: Policies for Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Erica S. Shenoy ,
Heather Hsu ,
Farzad Noubary ,
David C. Hooper  and
Rochelle P. Walensky
Erica S. Shenoy*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Heather Hsu
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Farzad Noubary
Affiliation:
Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
David C. Hooper
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Rochelle P. Walensky
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 340, Boston, MA 02114 (eseiguershenoy@partners.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1272 - 1275
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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