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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Without Needle Manipulation to Reduce the Risk of Occupational Infection in Healthcare Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ignacio Galed-Placed ,
Salvador Pita-Fernández ,
Eduardo Vázquez-Martul  and
Sonia Pértega-Díaz
Ignacio Galed-Placed
Affiliation:
Sección de Citología, Servicio de Anatomía Patológica
Salvador Pita-Fernández
Affiliation:
Servicio de Epidemiología Clinica y Bioestadística
Eduardo Vázquez-Martul
Affiliation:
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain
Sonia Pértega-Díaz
Affiliation:
Servicio de Epidemiología Clinica y Bioestadística
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Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , pp. 336
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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