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Archive >  Infection Control 2005

Editor's Page

Beyond Bactine and Band-Aids

Stephanie Wasek, Managing Editor

Preventing infections isn't as simple as the Bactine and Band-Aids Mom used when you fell off your bike and came up with a scraped knee or a bleeding elbow.

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