Elution efficiency of healthcare pathogens from environmental sampling tools.

Rolieria M West-DeadwylerHeather A Moulton-MeissnerLaura J RoseJudith A Noble-Wang

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

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.

Keyphrases

healthcare
gram negative
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
multidrug resistant
adipose tissue
climate change
human health