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Preventing Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus From Surgeons to Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Linda A. Chiarello  and
Denise M. Cardo
Linda A. Chiarello
Affiliation:
Prevention and Evaluation Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Denise M. Cardo*
Affiliation:
Prevention and Evaluation Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., Mail Stop E-68, Atlanta, GA30333
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , June 2002 , pp. 301 - 302
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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