Disinfectants used for environmental disinfection and new room decontamination technology

William A Rutala1, David J Weber

  • 1Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030, USA. brutala@unch.unc.edu

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