Making active surveillance easier, cheaper
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider, February 9, 2011
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Active surveillance continues to be an essential part of determining which patients are carrying drug-resistant organisms, and how those patients can be treated as well as isolated from other patients to prevent the spread of infection.
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