Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , February 2012

Virucidal efficacy of hydrogen peroxide vapour disinfection

  • E. Tuladhar

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • P. Terpstra

      Affiliations

    • Consumer Technology Knowledge Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • M. Koopmans

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • E. Duizer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 302744142; fax: +31 302744418.

Received 13 April 2011 ,Accepted 11 October 2011.

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PII: S0195-6701(11)00417-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.10.012

Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , February 2012

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