those specs are, and the importance of following them to the letter,"
says Ms. Pettis, who's also the president-elect of the Association for
Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). "One of
the challenges we've found during the pandemic is that we constantly
run out of surface disinfectants and have to use different products."
That switch could have a negative impact on surface cleaning. For
example, staff might be accustomed to using a cleaning agent with
a two-minute contact time, but due to supply issues, a disinfectant
with a five-minute contact time is put into the rotation. "Posting
visual reminders about dry times where disinfectants are used, and
updating that information on a real-time basis, is important," says
Ms. Pettis.
Many disinfectants aren't meant for soft surfaces like privacy cur-
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