Virucidal efficacy of peracetic acid for instrument disinfection

Abstract Background Various peracetic-acid (PAA)-based products for processing flexible endoscopes on the market are often based on a two-component system including a cleaning step before the addition of PAA as disinfectant. The peracetic acid concentrations in these formulations from different manu...

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Main Authors: Britta Becker, Florian H. H. Brill, Daniel Todt, Eike Steinmann, Johannes Lenz, Dajana Paulmann, Birte Bischoff, Jochen Steinmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-017-0271-3