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Disinfection and Sterilization of Prion-Contaminated Medical Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ermias D. Belay ,
Lawrence B. Schonberger ,
Paul Brown ,
Suzette A. Priola ,
Bruce Chesebro ,
Robert G. Will  and
David M. Asher
Ermias D. Belay*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lawrence B. Schonberger
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Paul Brown
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
Suzette A. Priola
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana
Bruce Chesebro
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana
Robert G. Will
Affiliation:
United Kingdom National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland
David M. Asher
Affiliation:
US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
*
MD, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia30333, (EBelay@cdc.gov)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1304 - 1306
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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