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Scalp Needlestick Injury During Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytologic Evaluation Without Needle Manipulation William Tell in the Laboratory, Not Quite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Angelo Pan ,
Liana Signorini ,
Silvia Magri  and
Gabriella De Carli
Angelo Pan*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Liana Signorini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Silvia Magri
Affiliation:
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Gabriella De Carli
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
*
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 20123 Brescia, Italy, (ange.pan@>tiscali.it)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 996
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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