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Reply to Graham and Olver

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leon J. Worth,
James Black and
Monica A. Slavin
Leon J. Worth*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaCentre for Clinical Research Excellence Infectous Diseases, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
James Black
Affiliation:
Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Infectous Diseases, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaNossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Monica A. Slavin
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaCentre for Clinical Research Excellence Infectous Diseases, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
*
Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, St. Andrew's Place, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3002 (leon.worth@petermac.org)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2008, pp. 986 - 987
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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