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Beyond Bundles and Coated Catheters: Effective Interventions to Decrease Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jonas DeMuro,
John McNelis,
Adel Hanna,
Valsamma Thekkel,
Joseph Chandrankunnel and
Burke A. Cunha
Jonas DeMuro
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
John McNelis
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Adel Hanna
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Valsamma Thekkel
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Joseph Chandrankunnel
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; andState University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
*
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 432, Mineola, NY 11501 or Professor of Medicine, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York (bacunha@winthrop.org)
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Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 11 , November 2012, pp. 1179 - 1181
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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