Hospital infection prevention: Principles and practices
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Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0255-0857
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.136617