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Microbial Assessment of High-, Medium-, and Low-Touch Hospital Room Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kirk Huslage ,
William A. Rutala ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett  and
David J. Weber
Kirk Huslage*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology, CB 7030, 2156 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (kirk.huslage@unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , February 2013 , pp. 211 - 212
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013 

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