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Enterococcus faecalis Listeria innocua Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus aureus

Evaluation of ENVIRO-KIT™, a new device for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes on food contact surfaces.

Biswas, 2025

Listeria contamination remains a significant food safety concern, particularly within food manufacturing environments. This study evaluated the performance of ENVIRO-KIT™ LISTERIA, a rapid detect…

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Clostridioides difficile

Is Our Current Cleaning Method Effective at Eradicating Clostridium difficile?

Steriopoulos, 2014

C. difficile is an important cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and can persist in healthcare environments despite routine cleaning. Using POLYWIPE™ to sample 17 environmental sites across…

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Clostridioides difficile

Curtains as a Source of Clostridium difficile: The Importance of Sampling Methods

Best, 2012

Using MWE POLYWIPE­™ for intensive environmental sampling of hospital curtains in the vicinity of patients with symptomatic Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), contamination was detected on…

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Clostridioides difficile

Mattress Screening Using Polywipes and Chromogenic Clostridium difficile Agar

Collins, 2012

A structured environmental audit of hospital mattresses was undertaken using POLYWIPE­™ sponge sampling across 13 wards, generating 130 surface specimens for Clostridioides difficile screening. T…

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Clostridioides difficile Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) Vancomycin Resistance Enterococci (VRE)

Collaborative Development of a Quality Assurance Programme for the Decontamination of Hire Beds

Collins, 2012

"A formal microbiological quality assurance programme was established to evaluate the effectiveness of decontamination processes applied to Protean Floor-Level hire beds supplied by Bartrams Heal…

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Acinetobacter spp. Alpha-haemolytic streptococci Aspergillus fumigatus Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) Non-lactose fermenting coliform Pantoea spp. Pseudomonas spp. Roseomonas spp.

Pathogenic Colonisation of Hospital Badges and Neck Lanyards in the Theatre Environment

Lobaz, 2012

A two-phase service evaluation assessed contamination of staff badges and lanyards (B&L) in operating theatres using whole-surface POLYWIPE™ sampling and culture with MALDI-TOF identification. In…

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Coliforms Enterococci Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiological Screening of Re-usable Pressure Relieving, Low-Airloss Therapeutic Beds to Determine the Efficacy of the Decontamination Process

Holliday, 2004

Microbiological screening of 1,687 reusable low-airloss therapeutic beds assessed the effectiveness of an updated decontamination process using whole-surface POLYWIPE™ sponge sampling with broth…

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