Missing a trick? Response to: ‘Disinfectant wipes are appropriate to control microbial bioburden from surfaces’
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Disinfectant wipes are appropriate to control microbial bioburden from surfaces: use of a new ASTM standard test protocol to demonstrate efficacy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Infection
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0195-6701
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.11.003