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Preparation of the Skin for Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Charles P. Craig
Charles P. Craig*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Mt. Sinai-Daroff Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Albert Einstein Medical Center, Fourth and Reed Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19147
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 257 - 258
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

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