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Basic Microbiologic Support for Hospital Epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Loreen A. Herwaldt,
John E. McGowan Jr and
Beverly G. Metchock
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Affiliation:
Emory University Schools of Medicine, and Public Health and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
John E. McGowan Jr*
Affiliation:
Emory University Schools of Medicine, and Public Health and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Beverly G. Metchock
Affiliation:
Emory University Schools of Medicine, and Public Health and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Clinical Microbiology, Box 26248, Grady Memorial Hospital, 80 Butler St, Atlanta, GA 30335
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Abstract

The laboratory plays a major role in the epidemiology program's efforts to minimize nosocomial infections in healthcare institutions. This article will describe some of the interactions between the laboratory and the epidemiology program, and will identify resources and procedures that the laboratory needs to achieve epidemiologic goals.

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Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , May 1996, pp. 298 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996 

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