Investigating surface area and recovery efficiency of healthcare-associated pathogens to optimize composite environmental sampling

• Monica Y. Chan-Riley ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mchan3@cdc.gov

  Affiliations Department of Energy, Oak Ridge institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oakridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4884-0183

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• Jonathan R. Edwards,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Judith Noble-Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Laura Rose

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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