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. 2017 Aug;117(8):17.
doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000521963.77728.c0.

New CDC Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

Betsy Todd  1
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New CDC Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

Betsy Todd. Am J Nurs. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

This updates the 1999 original, published before formal evidence-based guidelines were in routine use.

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