Environmental Hygiene Special Edition September 2021 | Page 2

From the Editor
Cover Story
Features
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2021 healthcarehygienemagazine

BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INFECTION PREVENTION / EPIDEMIOLOGY , SCIENTIFIC R & D , MANUFACTURING AND REGULATORY / COMPLIANCE

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SPECIAL EDITION : Environmental Hygiene Imperatives 2021

From the Editor

4 Dropping the Optics and Concentrating on the Cleaning During COVID-19

By Kelly M . Pyrek

Cover Story

6 Hygiene

Theater : Obsessing Over SARS-CoV-2 While Ignoring Other Pathogens at Our Peril ?
By Kelly M . Pyrek

Features

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Chasing SARS-CoV-2
Effectiveness of Cleaning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In this issue , we examine the challenge of hygiene theater -- potentially excessive cleaning and disinfection due to SARS-CoV-2 -- that provides a false sense of security and could take attention away from other pathogens of concern . Also , see page 12 for a look at what researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found when they swabbed floors and surfaces .
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