The development of a new technique for the decontamination of trans-oesophageal echocardiography probes

Journal of Infection Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Richardson, Andrew ^a   Cowan, Charlie ^a   Waters, Jan ^a   Diprose, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decontamination; National standards; Trans oesophageal echocardiography probe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952410520     PISSN: 17571774     EISSN: 17571782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177410364868     Document Type: Article

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