Infection Control Today - 07/2003: References
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THE USE OF HEALTHCARE FAILURE MODE ANDEFFECT ANALYSIS TO REDUCE PERCUTANEOUS INJURIES IN THE OPERATING ROOM, BYSTACY BOONE, RN, BSN, MSN; LEIGH ANN OVERSTREET, RN, BSN, MSN; KAY LINDGREN,PHD,RN; HARRIET WICHOWSKI, PHD, RN; AND SCOTT MADARIS, MSN, RN, PAGE 10.
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DANGERS OF SURGICAL SMOKE STILL PERSISTDESPITE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, BY JOHN ROARK, PAGE 14.
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THE FACTS: WET PACKS AND PLASTIC ACCESSORYCASES, BY ROSE SEAVEY, RN, MBA, CNOR, ACSP, AND AN NUYTTENS, MSC, PAGE 18.
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2. Lautenschlager. Wissenwertes uber dieDampfsterilisation im Gesundheitswesen. Oct. 2002.
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ADD FLAIR TO YOUR JCAHO PREPARATION, BYCAROLYN RAMSEY, RN, MSN, CNOR, PAGE 41
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