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Report on a Packaged Handwashing Antiseptic Contaminated With Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcello M. D'Errico ,
Sandra Savini ,
Emilia Prospero  and
Isidoro Annino
Marcello M. D'Errico
Affiliation:
University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Sandra Savini
Affiliation:
University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Emilia Prospero
Affiliation:
University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Isidoro Annino
Affiliation:
University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 302
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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