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Editorial

. 2014 Oct 8;312(14):1405-6.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.12559.

Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization?

William A Rutala¹, David J Weber¹

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¹ Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill2Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.

PMID: 25291575
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.12559

Editorial

Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization?

William A Rutala et al. JAMA. 2014.

. 2014 Oct 8;312(14):1405-6.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.12559.

Authors

William A Rutala¹, David J Weber¹

Affiliation

¹ Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill2Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.

PMID: 25291575
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.12559

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