THE REMOVAL OF BACTERIA FROM GLASS SURFACES WITH CALCIUM ALGINATE, GAUZE AND ABSORBENT COTTON WOOL SWABS

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1 April 1952

journal article
Published by Wiley in Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology

Vol. 15 (1) , 34-40
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1952.tb00006.x

Abstract

SUMMARY: Calcium alginate wool swabs were no more efficient or reliable than gauze or absorbent cotton wool swabs when tested on drinking glasses infected with known numbers of bacteria. The number of bacteria left on the glass after swabbing was determined by a modified roll tube method.

Keywords

COTTON WOOL
WOOL SWABS
ABSORBENT COTTON
CALCIUM ALGINATE
ALGINATE WOOL
GLASS SURFACES
STRONG
WOOL
SUMMARY
DRINKING GLASSES

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THE USE OF CALCIUM ALGINATE WOOL FOR SWABBING DAIRY EQUIPMENT
Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology, 1951