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Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization of Prion-Contaminated Medical Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William A. Rutala  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030, (brutala@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 107 - 117
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