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Blood Culture Collection and Needle Punctures in Healthcare Workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Michael A. Martin  and
Joan N. Hebden
Michael A. Martin
Affiliation:
Baltimore, Maryland
Joan N. Hebden
Affiliation:
Baltimore, Maryland
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 10 , Issue 9 , September 1989 , pp. 390 - 391
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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