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A Significant Step Forward: New Definitions for Surveillance of Infections in Long-Term Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Maria Luisa Moro
Maria Luisa Moro*
Affiliation:
Area Rischio Infettivo, Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy
*
Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Area Rischio Infettivo, Viale Aldo Moro, 21, 40127 Bologna, Italy (mlmoro@regione.emilia-romagna.it)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 978 - 980
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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