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The effects of contamination on biological monitoring
C L Kleinegger1, D L Yeager, J K Huling
1Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City 52242-1001, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|August 25, 2001
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.