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Duty of candour and communication during an infection control incident in a paediatric ward of a Scottish hospital: how can we do better?
- Correspondence to Dr Teresa Inkster, Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; teresaink{at}hotmail.com
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Duty of candour and communication during an infection control incident in a paediatric ward of a Scottish hospital: how can we do better?
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- Received August 31, 2020
- Revised December 23, 2020
- Accepted January 15, 2021
- First published February 16, 2021.
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March 01, 2022
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