Closed tracheal suctioning systems and infection control in the intensive care unit
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 39 (4) , 315-321
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6701(98)90297-3
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