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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jocelyn A. Srigley

  2. Infection Prevention and Control, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Michael Gardam

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Peter J. Papadakos

  2. Department of Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA

    Mark L. Gestring

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Srigley, J.A., Gardam, M. (2015). Infection Control. In: Papadakos, P.J., Gestring, M.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Trauma Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29613-0_249

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