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. 2024 Apr 25;390(16):1533.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2403234.

Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fracture Fixation. Reply

Sheila Sprague  1 , Nathan N O'Hara  2 , Gerard Slobogean  2 ; PREP-IT Investigators
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