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Intra-cavitary Ultrasound Probes: Cleaning and High-Level Disinfection Are Necessary for Both the Probe Head and Handle to Reduce the Risk of Infection Transmission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2015

Michelle J. Alfa
Michelle J. Alfa*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and St Boniface Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
*
Address correspondence to Michelle Alfa, PhD, FCCM, St Boniface Research Centre, 351 Tache Ave., Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H 2A6 (malfa@sbrc.ca).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , May 2015 , pp. 585 - 586
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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