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Investigation and treatment of floors of patients' rooms: a study with an agar cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. S. Kuipers
J. S. Kuipers
Affiliation:
Bacteriological-Serological Laboratory, University of Groningen (Netherlands)
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A cylinder filled with medium is described, with which prints are made of floors or other surfaces. After a print has been made a slice is cut off the medium, put in a Petri dish and incubated. With one filled cylinder about twenty prints can be made. The method can be used for quantitative bacteriological testing of floors, and the effect of treatment with disinfectants can also be checked in a simple way. Preference was given to disinfection with Halamid.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 66 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 625 - 631
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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