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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;132(6):1292-1295.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003295.

Preventing Infection of Patients and Healthcare Workers Should Be the New Normal in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Epidemics

Andrew Bowdle  1 , L Silvia Munoz-Price
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Editorial

Preventing Infection of Patients and Healthcare Workers Should Be the New Normal in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Epidemics

Andrew Bowdle et al. Anesthesiology. 2020 Jun.
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