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CDC Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections, 1985

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Julia S. Garner
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 193 - 200
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

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