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Primary Bacteremia and Needleless Safety Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abdul B. Zafar ,
R. Christopher Butler ,
Sarah T. Wright  and
Eleanor Draghi
Abdul B. Zafar
Affiliation:
Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Virginia
R. Christopher Butler
Affiliation:
Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Virginia National Institute of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
Sarah T. Wright
Affiliation:
Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Virginia
Eleanor Draghi
Affiliation:
Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Virginia
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 15
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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