Air sampling methods to evaluate microbial contamination in operating theatres: results of a comparative study in an orthopaedics department
- 29 February 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 80 (2), 128-132
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2011.10.011
Abstract
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