Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 80, Issue 3 , Pages 262-264 , March 2012

High level disinfection of a home care device; to boil or not to boil?

  • K.L. Winthrop

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Mailcode CEI, Oregon Health and Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Tel.: +1 (503) 494 2575; fax: +1 (503) 494 2486.
    • ,
  • N. Homestead

      Affiliations

    • Meagan Medical, Inc., Vancouver, WA, USA

Received 9 June 2011 ,Accepted 30 December 2011.

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PII: S0195-6701(12)00017-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.12.018

Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 80, Issue 3 , Pages 262-264 , March 2012

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