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A cold water, ultrasonically activated stream efficiently removes proteins and prion-associated amyloid from surgical stainless steel

BACKGROUND: Sterile service department decontamination procedures for surgical instruments struggle to demonstrate efficient removal of the hardiest infectious contaminants, such as prion proteins. A recently designed novel system, which uses a low pressure ultrasonically activated, cold water strea...

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Autores principales: Secker, T.J., Leighton, T.G., Offin, D.G., Birkin, P.R., Hervé, R.C., Keevil, C.W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32956784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.021