Presence of infectious agent on clothes or dressings is termed
Contamination - the presence of an infectious agent on a body surface.; also on or in clothes; beddings; toys; surgical instruments or dressing or anther inanimate aicles or substance including water, milk, and food. Ref: 25th edition, Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Page no. 101
Infection
Infestation
Contamination
Contagion
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