Addressing healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance from an organizational perspective: progress and challenges.

Eleanor Murray; Alison Holmes

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Addressing healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance from an organizational perspective: progress and challenges.

September 12, 2012

Murray E, Holmes A. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012;67(suppl 1):i29-i36.

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This commentary describes how to prevent health care–associated infections using an organizational approach.

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