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Some factors influencing the effective use of disinfectants and cleaning agents

W.P. Kortenbout
Curationis | Vol 5, No 2 | a397 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v5i2.397 | © 1982 W.P. Kortenbout | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 September 1982 | Published: 27 September 1982

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W.P. Kortenbout, Departement of Nursing, University of Natal, South Africa

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Abstract

Disinfection means the freeing of an article from some or all of its burden of live pathogenic microorganisms which might cause infection during its use. The term is a relative one and disinfection may be described as being partially or highly effective according to the proportion of pathogenic organisms killed or removed.

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