Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev.  2020 Dec;25(2):67-69. 10.14192/kjicp.2020.25.2.67.

Implication of Microbiological Surveillance Test of the Environment in the Intensive Care Unit

• Kim JH

• KMID: 2510131
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2020.25.2.67

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