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The Effects of Contamination on Biological Monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Cynthia L. Kleinegger ,
Dennis L. Yeager ,
Judith K. Huling  and
David R. Drake
Cynthia L. Kleinegger*
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
Dennis L. Yeager
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
Judith K. Huling
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
David R. Drake
Affiliation:
Dows Institute for Dental Research, the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
*
S356 DSB, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1001.
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Abstract

We investigated the frequency and patterns of biological-monitoring–test contamination and the effect of contamination on the growth of test organisms. Overall, the contamination rate was 0.81%, but the rate of contamination varied significantly by sterilization method. Contamination did not appear to inhibit growth of test organisms.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , June 2001 , pp. 391 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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