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Is Eliminating Flash Sterilization Practical?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2026

Farrin A. Manian
Farrin A. Manian*
Affiliation:
St. John's Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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Ask the Epidemiologist
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 8 , August 1993, pp. 479 - 480
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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