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Scarpa Schoeman1, Edmund J Fitzgerald O'Connor, Rowan Harrison
1Centre for Medical and Healthcare Education, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (London, England : 2005)
|September 30, 2008
Abstract:
This survey investigated potential disparity between foundation year 1 doctors' formal undergraduate venepuncture training and their actual clinical practice. Is there still a high prevalence of needle and syringe use?
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