%0 Journal Article %1 parvin2019difficulty %A Parvin, F. %A Hu, H. %A Whiteley, G.S. %A Glasbey, T. %A Vickery, K. %D 2019 %J Journal of Hospital Infection %K 92c10-biomechanics 92c50-medical-applications-general 92c70-microbiology biofilm %N 4 %P 465-467 %R 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.07.005 %T Difficulty in removing biofilm from dry surfaces %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019567011930283X %V 103 %X 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 log10) of dried planktonic bacteria, whereas only 1.4 log10 of biofilm (96.66%) was removed by 50 wiping actions with a standardized wiping process.

@article{parvin2019difficulty, 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 log10) of dried planktonic bacteria, whereas only 1.4 log10 of biofilm (96.66%) was removed by 50 wiping actions with a standardized wiping process.}, added-at = {2024-02-15T02:20:03.000+0100}, author = {Parvin, F. and Hu, H. and Whiteley, G.S. and Glasbey, T. and Vickery, K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c41fe45a5fc6731f4fefb34d0a8b37df/gdmcbain}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhin.2019.07.005}, interhash = {eed283b69806312dbbbb95906382bc2e}, intrahash = {c41fe45a5fc6731f4fefb34d0a8b37df}, issn = {0195-6701}, journal = {Journal of Hospital Infection}, keywords = {92c10-biomechanics 92c50-medical-applications-general 92c70-microbiology biofilm}, number = 4, pages = {465-467}, timestamp = {2024-02-15T05:41:40.000+0100}, title = {Difficulty in removing biofilm from dry surfaces}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019567011930283X}, volume = 103, year = 2019 }