From the *Epidemic Intelligence Service; †Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion; ‡Mycotic Diseases Branch; and §Epidemiology Elective Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Accepted for publication October 17, 2013.
Emily Newhouse, MD, CM is currently at School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Carol Rao, ScD, MS and S. Arunmozhi Balajee, PhD are currently at Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
L. Sehulster was a member of the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council at the time of this investigation and received no compensation for that activity. The authors have no other funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.
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