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      The crucial role of wiping in decontamination of high-touch environmental surfaces: review of current status and directions for the future.

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      American journal of infection control
      Elsevier BV

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          The testing and label claims of disinfectants to wipe high-touch environmental surfaces rarely reflect their field use where contact times are in seconds with only microliters of the disinfectant deposited on a unit surface area. Therefore, such products must be properly assessed with mechanical/chemical action combined. We critically review current wipe test methods and propose future approaches.

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          Journal
          Am J Infect Control
          American journal of infection control
          Elsevier BV
          1527-3296
          0196-6553
          May 2013
          : 41
          : 5 Suppl
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ssattar@uottawa.ca
          Article
          S0196-6553(13)00015-1
          10.1016/j.ajic.2012.10.032
          23622759
          46b6a054-6b06-4d41-bdf7-73cd966f1aa7
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