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Effectiveness of a hydrogen peroxide foam against bleach for the disinfection of sink drains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2019

Blake W. Buchan ,
Jennifer A. Arvan ,
Mary Beth Graham ,
Sergey Tarima ,
Matthew L. Faron ,
Rahul Nanchal  and
L. Silvia Munoz-Price Open the ORCID record for L. Silvia Munoz-Price [Opens in a new window]
Blake W. Buchan
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jennifer A. Arvan
Affiliation:
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mary Beth Graham
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sergey Tarima
Affiliation:
Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Matthew L. Faron
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rahul Nanchal
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*
Author for correspondence: L. Silvia Munoz-Price, E-mail: smunozprice@mcw.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , June 2019 , pp. 724 - 726
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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