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Evaluation of ATP bioluminescence assays for potential use in a hospital setting
Zoie A Aiken1, Michael Wilson, Jonathan Pratten
1Division of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom. z.aiken@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|April 26, 2011
Abstract:
ATP bioluminescence is being applied in hospitals to measure surface contamination. We compared commercial luminometers for detecting the number Staphylococcus aureus associated with surfaces. The data showed that the ATP bioluminescence methods tested were not robust enough to generate quantitative data on bacterial numbers, especially at low concentrations.
