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Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite-Based Disinfectants Against Clostridium difficile Spores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joan Holtschlag
Joan Holtschlag*
Affiliation:
Caltech Industries, Midland, Michigan
*
4520 E. Ashman Rd., Suite C, Midland, MI 48642 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , pp. 190 - 191
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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