Effectiveness of steam sterilization of reusable medical devices in primary and secondary care public hospitals in Nepal and factors associated with ineffective sterilization: A nation-wide cross-sectional study

• Gopal Panta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gopalpanta12@gmail.com

  Current address: Save the Children International, Nepal Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-623X

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• Ann K. Richardson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Ian C. Shaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Stephen Chambers,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Patricia A. Coope

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Education, Health and Human Development, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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