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If It Is Reusable, Why Not Reuse It?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nathan L. Belkin
Nathan L. Belkin*
Affiliation:
Clearwater, Florida
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 7 , July 2002 , pp. 357 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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