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Oral Cleansing with Chlorhexidine to Decrease the Incidence of Nosocomial Pneumonia: Using the Right Concentration in the Right Place

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tanmay S. Panchabhai and
Neha S. Dangayach
Tanmay S. Panchabhai*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
Neha S. Dangayach
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Third Fl, 550 S Jackson St, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202 (tspanchabhai@hotmail.com)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 2010, pp. 429
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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