Significant reduction in vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization and bacteraemia after introduction of a bleach-based cleaning–disinfection programme
- 29 October 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 82 (4), 234-242
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.08.010
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