Table 1.
Survival time of common hospital pathogens on dry inaminate surfaces.
| Type of pathogen | Duration of persistence |
|---|---|
| Bacteria | |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 3 days to 5 months |
| Clostiridium difficile | 5 months |
| Escherichia coli | 1.5 hours to 16 months |
| Enterococcus spp. | 5 days to 4 months |
| Haemophilus influenza | 12 days |
| Klebsiella spp. | 2 hours to >30 months |
| Listeria spp. | 1 day to months |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Up to 4 months |
| Proteus vulgaris | Up to 2 days |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Up to 16 months |
| Serratia marcescens | 3 days to 2 months |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Up to 7 months |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 to 20 days |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 3 days to 6.5 months |
| Fungi | |
| Candida albicans | Up to 120 days |
| Torulopsis glabrata | 102 to 150 days |
| Viruses | |
| Adenovirus | 7 days to 3 months |
| HAV | 2 hours to 60 days |
| HBV | Greater than one week |
| HIV | Greater than 7 days |
| HSV | 4.5 hours to 8 weeks |
| Influenza virus | 1 to 2 days |
| Norovirus | 8 hours to 7 days |
| MERS-CoV | Up to 48 hours |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | Up to 6 hours |
| SARS-CoV | 3 to 10 days |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Up to 3 days |