Evaluation of Hospital Floors as a Potential Source of Pathogen Dissemination Using a Nonpathogenic Virus as a Surrogate Marker

@article{Koganti2016EvaluationOH,
  title={Evaluation of Hospital Floors as a Potential Source of Pathogen Dissemination Using a Nonpathogenic Virus as a Surrogate Marker},
  author={Sreelatha Koganti and Heba Alhmidi and Myreen E. Tomas and Jennifer L. Cadnum and Annette L. Jencson and Curtis J. Donskey},
  journal={Infection Control \&\#x0026; Hospital Epidemiology},
  year={2016},
  volume={37},
  pages={1374 - 1377}
}
Hospital floors are frequently contaminated with pathogens, but it is not known whether floors are a potential source of transmission. We demonstrated that a nonpathogenic virus inoculated onto floors in hospital rooms disseminated rapidly to the hands of patients and to high-touch surfaces inside and outside the room. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1–4 
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