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Archive >  Infection Control 2009

What You Don't Know About Surface Disinfection Can Hurt You

Though seemingly simple — spray, wait, wipe — there's much that can go wrong.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Surface disinfection may rank low on your list of infection control concerns and challenges, far beneath such practices as hand hygiene, waste disposal and instrument processing. But letting your staff dismiss the importance of surface disinfection puts them and your patients at risk. The trouble starts when wiping surfaces becomes a ho-hum bore of a chore for your staff.

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