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May 10, 2017

Harvey AR, Basavaraju SV, Chung K-W, et al. Transfusion. 2014;55(4).

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Health care–associated infection is a persistent patient safety problem. This website provides resources related to a national health care–associated infection and blood safety error monitoring program that allows organizations to identify areas of weakness and track the impact of improvements.

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