Are surgical stainless steel wires used for intracranial implantation of PrPsc a good model of iatrogenic transmission from contaminated surgical stainless steel instruments after cleaning?
Authors:
- I.P. LipscombI.P. Lipscomb
- H.E. PinchinHPH.E. Pinchin
- R. CollinRCR. Collin
- K. HarrisKHK. Harris
- C.W. KeevilC.W. Keevil
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 64 (4) , 339-343
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