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Selection of the Ideal Disinfectant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

William A. Rutala  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 855 - 865
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