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The Influence of Environmental Temperature and Air Humidity on the Maintenance of Sterility of Surgical Instruments Sterilized in Different Wraps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna ,
Flávia Morais Gomes Pinto  and
Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Flávia Morais Gomes Pinto
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Avenida Rouxinol, 161, ap 101, Moema, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 04516-000 (caquartim@yahoo.com.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1278 - 1280
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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