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Can Skin Marker Pens, Used Preoperatively to Prevent Wrong-Site Surgeries, Transfer Bacteria?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Catherine Burton ,
Robert Rennie ,
LeeAnn Turnbull ,
Donald Spady  and
Sarah E. Forgie
Catherine Burton
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Robert Rennie
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
LeeAnn Turnbull
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Donald Spady
Affiliation:
Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sarah E. Forgie*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
Rm 8213, Aberhart Center, 11402 University Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J3, (sarah.forgie@albertahealthservices.ca)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 192 - 194
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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