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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 5/2013

01-05-2013 | Correspondence

VRE transmission via the reusable breathing circuit of a transport ventilator: outbreak analysis and experimental study of surface disinfection

Authors: Sebastian Schulz-Stübner, Antje Schmidt-Warnecke, Jae-Hyuk Hwang

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2013

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Title
VRE transmission via the reusable breathing circuit of a transport ventilator: outbreak analysis and experimental study of surface disinfection
Authors
Sebastian Schulz-Stübner
Antje Schmidt-Warnecke
Jae-Hyuk Hwang
Publication date
01-05-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2842-y

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