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Surface area matters: An evaluation of swabs and surface area for environmental surface sampling of healthcare pathogens
West RM , Shams AM , Chan MY , Rose LJ , Noble-Wang JA .
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2022 44 (5) 1-3

Flocked and foam swabs were used to sample five healthcare pathogens from three sizes of steel and plastic coupons; 26 cm(2), 323 cm(2), and 645 cm(2). As surface area increased, 1-2 log(10) decrease in recovered organisms (P < .05) was observed. Sampling 26-cm(2) yielded the optimal median percent of pathogens recovered.
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