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Comment
. 2021 May;26(2):156-159.
doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Re-purposing of domestic steam disinfectors within the Hospital-at-Home setting: Reconciliation of steam disinfector thermal performance against SARS- CoV-2 (COVID-19), norovirus and other viruses' thermal susceptibilities

Beverley C Millar  1 , John E Moore  2
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Re-purposing of domestic steam disinfectors within the Hospital-at-Home setting: Reconciliation of steam disinfector thermal performance against SARS- CoV-2 (COVID-19), norovirus and other viruses' thermal susceptibilities

Beverley C Millar et al. Infect Dis Health. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Disinfection; Heat inactivation; Norovirus; SARS CoV-2; Thermal inactivation.

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Conflict of interest None of the authors have any conflicts to declare.

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