Postdischarge decontamination of MRSA, VRE, and Clostridium difficile isolation rooms using 2 commercially available automated ultraviolet-C–emitting devices
- 9 December 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 44 (4), 416-420
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.016
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