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Adequacy of Duodenoscope Reprocessing Methods as Reported by Infectious Disease Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2015

Susan E. Beekmann ,
Tara N. Palmore ,
Philip M. Polgreen  and
John E. Bennett
Susan E. Beekmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Tara N. Palmore
Affiliation:
Warren Grant Magnusen Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Philip M. Polgreen
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
John E. Bennett
Affiliation:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Address correspondence to Susan Beekmann, RN, MPH, Department of Internal Medicine, SW34-GH, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52245 (susan-beekmann@uiowa.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2016 , pp. 226 - 228
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: IDWeek 2015; San Diego, California; October 8, 2015; abstract #109.

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