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Preventing Surgical-Site Infections: The Importance of Timing and Glucose Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Patchen Dellinger
E. Patchen Dellinger*
Affiliation:
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
*
Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Box 356410, Room BB 428, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195-6410
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 10 , October 2001 , pp. 604 - 606
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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