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Response to Cowan on Need for UV-C Antimicrobial Device Standards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2016

Michelle M. Nerandzic  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Michelle M. Nerandzic*
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
*
Address correspondence to Michelle M. Nerandzic, BS, 1110 (W), Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (michellenerandzi@aim.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 8 , August 2016 , pp. 1001 - 1002
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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