Word: swabs
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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...indications that some doctors and hospitals may be lax in protecting patients against exposure to the AIDS virus. Chicago's Illinois Masonic Medical Center has temporarily closed its adult clinic following two alarming incidents. In April a physician taking a Pap smear from a woman unwittingly used a swab that had previously been used to take a culture from an HIV-positive patient. The doctor thought the testing kit, which had been left out unlabeled on a table in the hallway, had been prepared for his use. Just weeks later, two toddlers who had accompanied a woman into a clinic...
...example, inhibited and uninhibited children react differently when confronted with plastic keys, a cotton swab dipped in alcohol or a tape of a woman's voice saying nonsense syllables, Kagan said...