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Does Coating All Room Surfaces with an Ultraviolet C Light–Nanoreflective Coating Improve Decontamination Compared with Coating Only the Walls?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

William A. Rutala ,
David J. Weber ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
Brian M. Tande  and
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Brian M. Tande
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (brutala@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , March 2014 , pp. 323 - 325
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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