Effects of a disinfection device on colonization of sink drains and patients during a prolonged outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit
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- 1 May 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 102 (1) , 70-74
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- Leiden University Medical Centre
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