{"id":6932,"date":"2020-04-03T18:11:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdihc.com\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:30:01","slug":"covid-19-surface-disinfection-as-prevention-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdihc.com\/covid-19-surface-disinfection-as-prevention-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Surface Disinfection As Prevention Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facility Executive Magazine recently published an article written by William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC and David J. Weber, MD, MPH<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID-19: Surface Disinfection As Prevention Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt from article:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past decade, there has been a growing appreciation that environmental contamination of hospital surfaces makes an important contribution to infection transmission for many pathogens. 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