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Surface Disinfection: Treatment Time (Wipes and Sprays) Versus Contact Time (Liquids)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2018

William A. Rutala  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Address correspondence to William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Bioinformatics Building, CB#7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-7030 (brutala@med.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 329 - 331
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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