Analysis of bacterial contamination and the effectiveness of UV light-based reprocessing of everyday medical devices

• Stefan Alexander Rudhart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-4255

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• Frank Günther,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

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• Laura Isabel Dapper,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-494X

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• Francesca Gehrt,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

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• Boris Alexander Stuck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

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• Stephan Hoch

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hochs@med.uni-marburg.de

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University, Marburg, Hessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-6503

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