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151 related items for PubMed ID: 21704429
1. Establishing a clinically relevant bioburden benchmark: a quality indicator for adequate reprocessing and storage of flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes. Alfa MJ, Sepehri S, Olson N, Wald A. Am J Infect Control; 2012 Apr; 40(3):233-6. PubMed ID: 21704429 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related]
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