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Needleless and Needle Protection Devices: A Second Look at Efficacy and Selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Elizabeth Owens-Schwab  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Elizabeth Owens-Schwab*
Affiliation:
Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Barnes Hospital, Room 5239, #1 Barnes Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 11 , November 1993 , pp. 657 - 660
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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