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You might find this interesting

you stated

10 minutes is a huge amount of dwell time

Back in 2009 when the AHE said the standard processing of an occupied patient room should take 25 to 30 minutes, and a terminal processing should take 40 to 45 minutes, that was before we had the influx of C. difficile, Acinetobacter baumanii, and all of these pathogens we weren't dealing with before. Now that they are coming into hospitals, and it's no longer a 'trash-and-dash' process -- we can no longer go in and take out the trash and leave. I have been saying for years that it is easier to keep a hospital clean than it is to clean a hospital. If you think about it, it's easier to do a little bit at a time and do the right thing every time. Unfortunately people are finance-driven and we have so many contractors coming in and when they say 'We can do a room in 12 or 14 minutes,' that's unrealistic. Hospitals should say, 'You might be able to do it but we want it done properly and we know it's going to take 25 to 30 minutes, minimum."

I'm sure most people want to know their hospital room has been fully disinfected.

Maybe some don't lol

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/room-turnover-times-trash-and-dash-approach-jeopardizes-patient-outcomes