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Cleansing fomites to a publicly safe level is:

ASeparation
BSanitization
CSalination
DSaturation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sanitization
1. It does not aim for sterility. 2. It aims for a safe microbial level. 3. Sanitization refers to the cleansing of fomites to remove enough microbes to achieve safe levels. 4. So the answer is sanitization. _Source: OpenStax 'Microbiology', Ch 13 'Control of Microbial Growth'_
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