|Articles|July 18, 2011

Elevating Infection Prevention: Critical Next Steps: A Q&A with Russell Olmsted

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spoke with Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, the 2011 president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), about current issues and critical next steps to advance the infection prevention agenda.

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