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Point-Counterpoint: Hospital-acquired infections: Is getting to zero the right medicine?


 

Dr. Edmond is the Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Internal Medicine and chair of the infectious diseases division, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital, and an epidemiologist at the VCU Health System, both in Richmond. He disclosed no relevant conflicts of interest.

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