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Efficacy of automated disinfection with ozonated water in reducing sink drainage system colonization with Pseudomonas species and Candida auris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2018

Scott Livingston ,
Jennifer L. Cadnum ,
Scott Gestrich ,
Annette L. Jencson  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Scott Livingston
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland Ohio Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer L. Cadnum
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Scott Gestrich
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Annette L. Jencson
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland Ohio Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Author for correspondence: Curtis J. Donskey, MD, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center 1110W, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Email: Curtis.Donskey@va.gov.
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 12 , December 2018 , pp. 1497 - 1498
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Cite this article: Livingston S, et al. (2018). Efficacy of automated disinfection with ozonated water in reducing sink drainage system colonization with Pseudomonas species and Candida auris. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39, 1497–1498. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.176

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