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Effect of Contact Precautions on Wait Time from Emergency Room Disposition to Inpatient Admission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aaron McLemore*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Michael B. Edmond
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
*
Box 980019, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0019 (admclemore@mcvh-vcu.edu)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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