Elution efficiency of healthcare pathogens from environmental sampling tools
| Autor: | Heather Moulton-Meissner, Rolieria West-Deadwyler, Laura J. Rose, Judith Noble-Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
0303 health sciences Chromatography Bacteria 030306 microbiology Epidemiology Elution Sampling (statistics) 030501 epidemiology Specimen Handling 03 medical and health sciences Infectious Diseases Environmental Microbiology Environmental science 0305 other medical science Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. :1-3 |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 0899-823X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2019.264 |
| Popis: | Standardizing healthcare surface sampling requires the evaluation of sampling tools for organism adherence. Here, 7 sampling tools were evaluated to assess their elution efficiencies in the presence of 5 pathogens. Foam sponges (80.6%), microfiber wipes (80.5%), foam swabs (77.9%), and cellulose sponges (66.5%) yielded the highest median elution efficiencies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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