Damp dusting in the operating theatre: implications for bacteria counts

This paper describes a research study replicating and expanding on Pickering's paper on damp dusting and its effect on bacteria counts, which concluded that there had been little difference in the counts for both the damp dusting and non-damp dusting period. However there were unexplained fluctuations in levels of bacteria that the author could not explain. A recommendation of the study was to try to ascertain whether damp dusting alters airborne concentrations or whether it is a combination of other variables. This study hoped to explain this.