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Needlestick injuries and potential body fluid exposure in the emergency department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

A. Rebecca Mallin
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Douglas Sinclair*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, 1796 Summer St., Halfifax NS B3H 3A7; fax 902 473-3617, [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Controversies • Controverses
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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