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Effective High-Level Disinfection of Cystoscopes: Is Perfusion of Channels Required?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2015

William A. Rutala ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
Judie Bringhurst  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Judie Bringhurst
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
*
Address correspondence to William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, Director, Hospital Epidemiology, Occupational Health, and Safety Program; Room 1001 West Wing, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (brutala@unch.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2016 , pp. 228 - 231
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. 

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