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Patient Room Decontamination against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using a Fixed Cycle-Time Ultraviolet-C Device and Two Different Radiation Designs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2016

Hajime Kanamori ,
William A. Rutala ,
Maria F. Gergen  and
David J. Weber
Hajime Kanamori*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Address correspondence to Hajime Kanamori, MD, PhD, MPH, Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Health Care, 1001 West Wing CB #7600, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 8 , August 2016 , pp. 994 - 996
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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