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Prevention of Postoperative Wound Infections To Cover Up?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls  and
Jan A. Kluytmans
Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, “Vrije Universiteit” Medical Center, Amsterdam
Jan A. Kluytmans
Affiliation:
Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
*
Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital “Vrije Universiteit,”, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , June 2001 , pp. 335 - 337
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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