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Importance of Alcohol in Skin Preparation Protocols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Brian R. Swenson  and
Robert G. Sawyer
Brian R. Swenson*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Robert G. Sawyer
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
*
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800300, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0300 (brs3j@virginia.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 9 , September 2010 , pp. 977
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

References

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