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Efficacy of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Against Fungi and Viruses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eleanor Fendler  and
Patricia Groziak
Eleanor Fendler
Affiliation:
GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio
Patricia Groziak
Affiliation:
GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 61 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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