The importance of isopropyl alcohol in skin preparation solutions.
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Affiliations: 1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore; 2. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Basel Hospitals, Basel, Switzerland; 3. Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Address correspondence to Matthias Maiwald, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899, Singapore (matthias.maiwald@ kkh.com.sg). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32(4):404-405 © 2011 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 0899-823X/2011/3204-0017$15.00. DOI: 10.1086/659253
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
دوره 32 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011