Hydrogen peroxide vapor is not the same as aerosolized hydrogen peroxide

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1201-1202

  Otter, Jonathan A ^a   Havill, Nancy L ^b   Boyce, John M ^b,c  

^a Bioquell UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AEROSOL; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISINFECTION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AEROSOLS; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFECTION CONTROL; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77957869791     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657076     Document Type: Letter

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