Three swipes and you're out: how many swipes are needed to decontaminate plastic with disposable wipes?
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At our hospital, health care workers use commercially available wipes to reduce bacterial counts on plastic surfaces. The workers use the wipes in a cursory fashion--swiping objects once for one to two seconds. We sought to measure the ability of wipes to reduce bacterial counts when swiped across plastic surfaces using various routines.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of infection control
دوره 39 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011