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Needlecaps with Special Provisions to Prevent Needlestick Injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Juan N. Walterspiel*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1988

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