Select the best response to the question. Thoroughly cleaning a patient's room after discharge helps limit the spread of disease by:

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Indirect contact transmission occurs when a person comes into contact with contaminated objects or surfaces. Thoroughly cleaning a patient's room after discharge helps to eliminate any potential pathogens left behind, reducing the risk of indirect contact transmission of disease. The other options (direct contact, airborne transmission, common vehicle transmission) are not directly related to the importance of cleaning a patient's room after discharge in limiting the spread of disease.

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