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Surface area matters: An evaluation of swabs and surface area for environmental surface sampling of healthcare pathogens
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 June 2022
Abstract
Flocked and foam swabs were used to sample five healthcare pathogens from three sizes of steel and plastic coupons; 26 cm2, 323 cm2, and 645 cm2. As surface area increased, 1–2 log10 decrease in recovered organisms (P < .05) was observed. Sampling 26-cm2 yielded the optimal median percent of pathogens recovered.
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