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Needlestick Disease Poses Highest Risk Transmission Nurse Injury

Front Which disease poses the highest risk of transmission to the nurse following a needlestick injury?
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(CDC) reports that a healthcare worker has up to a 10% chance of contracting HCV from a needlestick injury

Tags: microbiology

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