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The Case for Concurrent Cases - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - November 2018

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formed with a moistened swab with enrichment broth or agar (rodac) contact plates, says Dr. Greene. "In either case, the sample is sent to a lab and analyzed for the total number of microbial colonies. In the most basic way, samples can be analyzed for total aerobic plate count (ACC). For the ACC test, a benchmark of <2.5cfu/cm 2 of microbiolog- ical growth is used as an indicator of cleanli- ness." The good news is that it is becoming increasingly afford- able to look for specif- ic microbes of interest as well, such as VRE, MRSA and C. diff. Although microbial swabbing can generally take up to 48 hours to get a result, Dr. Greene believes it is far superi- or for assessing micro- biological contamina- tion and worth using for routine monitoring and validation of clean- ing processes. "Microbiological assessment of cleanli- ness," she argues, "is the only way to know if N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 9

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