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Compatibility of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Room Decontamination with Physiological Monitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

John M. Boyce ,
Nancy L. Havill ,
Vincent Cianci  and
Gary Flanagan
John M. Boyce*
Affiliation:
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Nancy L. Havill
Affiliation:
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Vincent Cianci
Affiliation:
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Gary Flanagan
Affiliation:
Bioquell, Horsham, Pennsylvania
*
Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510 (john.boyce@ynhh.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 92 - 93
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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