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Journal of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: is it time for national surveillance?

Natalie Shalit
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Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia. Email: n.shalit@alfred.org.au

Australian Health Review 40(4) 475-475 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH15163
Submitted: 30 August 2015  Accepted: 1 September 2015   Published: 12 October 2015


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