Methods for Sterilizing and Disinfecting Patient-Care Items and Environmental Surfaces

Appendix A

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Source: Reprinted from Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003.

MMWR, December 19, 2003:52(RR-17). Appendix C, Methods for Sterilizing and Disinfecting

Patient-Care Items and Environmental Surfaces.

Guidelines: http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/infectioncontrol/guidelines/. Accessed May 5, 2008.

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