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Costs and Benefits of Measures to Prevent Needlestick Injuries in a University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Franklin N. Laufer
Affiliation:
AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York
Linda Chiarello
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Control Program, Centers for Disease Control, and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

References

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