Healthcare environment decontamination
Markus Dettenkofer
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University Medical Center Freiburg, Breisacherstrasse 115b, Freiburg 79106, Germany. Email: markus.dettenkofer@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Healthcare Infection 18(1) 47-48 https://doi.org/10.1071/HI13005
Submitted: 9 January 2013 Accepted: 9 January 2013 Published: 7 February 2013
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