Difficulty in removing biofilm from dry surfaces

F. Parvin; H. Hu; G. S. Whiteley; T. Glasbey; K. Vickery

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.07.005

Difficulty in removing biofilm from dry surfaces

F. Parvin
, H. Hu
, G. S. Whiteley
, T. Glasbey
, K. Vickery

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Abstract

Cleaning is fundamental to infection control. This report demonstrates that a Staphylococcus aureus biofilm is significantly more difficult to remove than dried planktonic bacteria. A single wiping action removed >99.9% (>3 logâ‚â‚€) of dried planktonic bacteria, whereas only 1.4 logâ‚â‚€ of biofilm (96.66%) was removed by 50 wiping actions with a standardized wiping process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	465-467
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	103
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.07.005
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus
bacteria
biofilms
cleaning

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