Understanding the current state of infection prevention to prevent Clostridium difficile infection: a human factors and systems engineering approach.

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  2015

• Venue

  American Journal of Infection Control

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

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  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.026PMID 25728149PMCID PMC4465332
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