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A Convenient Way to Avoid Venipuncture and Finger Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jack W. Shields*
Affiliation:
Santa Barbara, California
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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