Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of hospital-use-only mobile phones and efficacy of 222-nm ultraviolet disinfection
Open Access
- 10 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 49 (6), 800-803
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.011
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