A prospective study of the efficacy of routine decontamination for gastrointestinal endoscopes and the risk factors for failure
- 23 January 2006
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 34 (5), 274-280
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2005.08.007
Abstract
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