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Flash Sterilization: Carefully Measured Haste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dennis G. Maki  and
Carol A. Hassemer
Dennis G. Maki*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
Carol A. Hassemer
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
*
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, H41574, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 8 , August 1987 , pp. 307 - 310
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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