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Canadian Association of General Surgeons position statement: recommendations for surgeons with blood-borne

Sean Cleary1, Karen Doucette1, Christopher J Doig1

  • 1From the Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Cleary, Grant); the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Doucette); the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Doig); the Liver Unit, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Coffin); and the Division of General Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Dixon).

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