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Efficacy of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs in the Disinfection of Stethoscopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aneesh K. Mehta ,
J. Sue Halvosa ,
Carolyn V. Gould  and
James P. Steinberg
Aneesh K. Mehta*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
J. Sue Halvosa
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Carolyn V. Gould
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
James P. Steinberg
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 2101, Atlanta, GA 30033 (aneesh.mehta@emory.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 870 - 872
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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