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Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 103-107 , October 2010

Ward assessment of SmartIdeas Project: bringing source isolation to the patient

G. Moore
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
S. Ali
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
G. FitzGerald
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
M. Muzslay
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
S. Atkinson
- Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
S. Smith
- Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
P. Cryer
- Department of Health, London, UK
C. Gush
- Department of Health, London, UK
the SmartIdeas Research Student Group
- E. Bergson, S. Shah, N.J. Skliar-Davies and E. Figus.
A.P.R. Wilson
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
- Corresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Hospitals, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, UK. Tel.: +44 207 380 9516; fax: +44 207 636 6482.

Received 9 April 2010 ,Accepted 30 April 2010.

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