Surface sampling using a single swab method.

T Yamayoshi; H Doi; N Tatsumi

Surface sampling using a single swab method.

Authors

Yamayoshi, T
Doi, H
Tatsumi, N

Type

Published Article

Journal

Journal of Hospital Infection

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

Dec 01, 1984

Volume

5

Issue

4

Pages

386–390

Identifiers

PMID: 6085093

Source

Medline

License

Unknown

Abstract

The bacterial counts obtained from a series of one to seven swabbings of a contaminated surface showed a consistent relationship to the total count recovered. An equation was derived which can be applied to the bacterial count found by a single swabbing to obtain a quantitative estimate of the total count.

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