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by chiefalchemist 936 days ago
Perhaps. But why not test that then? Why the special non-real life case? Because it got a result worth sensationalizing? For me, it makes me wonder what other study "gymnastics" they used.

I hear ya. But to mitigate any doubt they should have covered all their bases, or at least the base most inline witb real life.

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This is a real life case.

This article explores surface disinfection (commonly bleach in the hospital). Although provider gowns are removed after entering contaminated rooms, disinfected surfaces commonly come into contact with provider scrubs which are not laundered in between same day patient encounters as well as other patients (such as the table of a CT or MRI).

I don’t see the gymnastics you’re referring to, other studies have looked at laundering processes which is not the focus of this study.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30322417/

https://academic.oup.com/lambio/article/75/6/1449/6989408