A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling.

Sharon C ThompsonWilliam A RutalaEmily E Sickbert-BennettLauren M DiBiaseDeverick J AndersonDavid J Webernull null

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)

We compared the effectiveness of 4 sampling methods to recover Staphylococcus aureus , Klebsiella pneumoniae and Clostridioides difficile from contaminated environmental surfaces: cotton swabs, RODAC culture plates, sponge sticks with manual agitation, and sponge sticks with a stomacher. Organism type was the most important factor in bacterial recovery.

Keyphrases

klebsiella pneumoniae
staphylococcus aureus
multidrug resistant
escherichia coli
clostridium difficile
biofilm formation
human health
randomized controlled trial
life cycle
systematic review
heavy metals
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
pseudomonas aeruginosa