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A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling.

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Thompson, SC; Rutala, WA; Sickbert-Bennett, EE; DiBiase, LM; Anderson, DJ; Weber, DJ; Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
September 2023

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.

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Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

September 2023

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1502 / 1504

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Bacteria
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Thompson, S. C., Rutala, W. A., Sickbert-Bennett, E. E., DiBiase, L. M., Anderson, D. J., Weber, D. J., & Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. (2023). A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 44(9), 1502–1504. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.270
Thompson, Sharon C., William A. Rutala, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Lauren M. DiBiase, Deverick J. Anderson, David J. Weber, and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. “A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 44, no. 9 (September 2023): 1502–4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.270.
Thompson SC, Rutala WA, Sickbert-Bennett EE, DiBiase LM, Anderson DJ, Weber DJ, et al. A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Sep;44(9):1502–4.
Thompson, Sharon C., et al. “A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 44, no. 9, Sept. 2023, pp. 1502–04. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2022.270.
Thompson SC, Rutala WA, Sickbert-Bennett EE, DiBiase LM, Anderson DJ, Weber DJ, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. A comparison of methods for microbiologic environmental sampling. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Sep;44(9):1502–1504.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

September 2023

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1502 / 1504

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Bacteria
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences