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Strategies for Disinfection and Sterilization of Endoscopes: The Gap Between Basic Principles and Actual Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Martin S. Favero
Martin S. Favero*
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infections Laboratory Branch, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
*
Chief Nosocomial Infections Laboratory Branch, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 279 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1991

References

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