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Brief Report: Reduction in the Frequency of Needle Recapping by Effective Education: A Need for Conceptual Alteration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

W.H. Seto ,
T.Y. Ching ,
Y.B. Chu  and
F. Fielding
W.H. Seto*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
T.Y. Ching
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Y.B. Chu
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
F. Fielding
Affiliation:
Behavioral Sciences Unit, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
*
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, New Pathology Building, Hong Kong
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 194 - 196
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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