Sterilize band: Is it hygiene or overkill?

Dr. Lorenzo Lepore's aha moment arrived on March 17 nine years ago when the band teacher at Medford High School called to ask him if he had any suggestions for sterilizing an instrument. One of her students had AIDS and she was concerned for the person who would inherit that instrument the following year. (Full article: 930 words)

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