Administrative coding data, compared with CDC/NHSN criteria, are poor indicators of health care–associated infections
- 30 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 36 (3), 155-164
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.01.004
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