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The attention of readers is drawn to the single-day prevalence study to be conducted in 17 centres in Europe on 29 April 1992. For more information refer to the announcements section at the end of the journal.

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Spencer, R.C. Prevalence studies in nosocomial infections. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 95–98 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967059

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