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Biological Indicators for a Liquid Chemical Sterilizer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Paul S. Malchesky
Paul S. Malchesky*
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Research and Scientific ServicesSTERIS Corporation Mentor, Ohio
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 563 - 565
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993 

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