Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: What Clinicians Need to Know
Open Access
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (5) , 702-709
- https://doi.org/10.1086/423182
Abstract
All invasive procedures involve contact between a medical device or surgical instrument and a patient's sterile tissue or mucous membranes. A major rKeywords
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