Evaluation of the effectiveness of commercially available contact plates for monitoring microbial environments

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-382

  Pinto, F ^a   Hiom, S ^b   Girdlestone, S ^b   Maillard, J Y ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact plates; Manufacturing; Recovery; Surface contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; MICROORGANISMS; STAINLESS STEEL;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CONTACT PLATES; MANUFACTURING; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TEST ORGANISMS;

RECOVERY;

STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

BIOMARKERS; MICROORGANISMS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROORGANISM; STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT PLATE; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 60349104513     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02534.x     Document Type: Article

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