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Finding the off-ramp: Rethinking severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) preoperative screening

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2022

Jessica A. Penney Open the ORCID record for Jessica A. Penney [Opens in a new window]  and
Shira I. Doron
Jessica A. Penney*
Affiliation:
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Shira I. Doron*
Affiliation:
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Author for correspondence: Jessica A. Penney, E-mail: [email protected]. Or Shira I. Doron, E-mail: [email protected]
Author for correspondence: Jessica A. Penney, E-mail: [email protected]. Or Shira I. Doron, E-mail: [email protected]
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 7 , July 2022 , pp. 918 - 919
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