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Manual and Automated Cleaning are Equally Effective for the Removal of Organic Contaminants From Laparoscopic Instruments – ADDENDUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2023

Tamara Carolina de Camargo
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
Alda Graciele Claudio dos Santos Almeida
Affiliation:
Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Pharmacy, Federal University of Alagoas.
Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Caroline Lopes Ciofi-Silva
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Flávia Morais Gomes Pinto
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

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Addendum
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© 2023 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved

The following funding information was omitted from the above articleReference de Camargo1:

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (Capes) - finance code 001.

The article has been updated to include this information.

References

de Camargo, TC, Almeida AGCdosS, Bruna CQdeM, Ciofi-Silva CL, Pinto FMG, Graziano KU. Manual and automated cleaning are equally effective for the removal of organic contaminants from laparoscopic instruments. Infection Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:5863.CrossRefGoogle Scholar