Fomite definition: Inanimate objects that can carry infectious agents.
Fomite transmission occurs when viruses or bacteria that remain on surfaces cause infections.
This is as opposed to diseases being transmitted from person to person, in the air, in infected water, or in another manner.

As the new case count drops, I'm starting to see more and more patients in my clinic.
All my usual equipment has become possible fomites and my cleaning of them in between patients
has become an obsessive but essential behaviour.