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Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care–Associated Infection Worldwide.
Allegranzi B, Nejad SB, Castillejos GG, Kilpatrick C, Kelley E, Mathai E; Clean Care is Safer Care Team. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011. ISBN: 9789241501507.

This report reviewed the literature on health care–associated infections and found it to be the most prevalent adverse event affecting patients worldwide.
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