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Flash Sterilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Gammon
Affiliation:
American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
Cynthia Boris
Affiliation:
American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1988

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