Although environmental cultures are not usually performed because the environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, they occasionally are useful. Samples will be taken from all of the following, except

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Hands are not considered part of the environment, but rather a potential source of contamination on the environment. Therefore, samples from hands are typically taken as part of a separate process, such as hand hygiene monitoring or infection control assessments.

Although Environmental Cultures Are Not Usually Performed Because the Environment