“High-touch” surfaces are not always “high-risk” surfaces in ICU environment

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• This research aims to evaluate the contamination levels of high-touch and high-risk surfaces in ICU environments to enhance cleaning strategies.
• Utilized network analysis to identify high-touch and high-risk surfaces.
• Evaluated contamination levels of various surfaces within the ICU.
• Compared contamination of high-touch surfaces with less frequently cleaned surfaces.
• Not all high-touch surfaces showed higher contamination levels.
• Some high-risk surfaces were less contaminated than expected.
• Findings suggest a need for more targeted cleaning approaches based on contamination data.