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and to evaluate the cost and effectiveness of such interventions on reducing the
incidence of hospital associated infections. In particular there is a need to conduct
large, high quality prospective controlled trials to identify interventions that
significantly reduce surface contamination and transmission.
Acknowledgements Potential conflict of interest: JAO and SY are employed by Bioquell
(UK) Ltd. GLF has no conflicts of interest.
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