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Institutional Liability for Needlestick Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Patricia M. Tereskerz
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Richard D. Pearson, MD
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Janine Jagger
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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