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Disposal of Medical Waste: The New York Experience Under the Medical Tracking Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Bruce F. Farber
Bruce F. Farber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, New York
*
Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 1991 , pp. 251 - 257
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1991

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