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Flash Sterilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2022

Richard Gammon and
Cynthia Boris
Richard Gammon
Affiliation:
American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
Cynthia Boris
Affiliation:
American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 9 , Issue 7 , July 1988, pp. 286 - 288
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1988

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