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Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Is Not the Same as Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jonathan A. Otter ,
Nancy L. Havill  and
John M. Boyce
Jonathan A. Otter*
Affiliation:
Bioquell (UK), Andover, Hants, United Kingdom
Nancy L. Havill
Affiliation:
Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
John M. Boyce
Affiliation:
Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Bioquell (UK) Limited, 52 Royce Close, West Portway, Andover, Hampshire, SPIO 3TS, United Kingdom, (jon.otter@bioquell.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1201 - 1202
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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