Table 1.

Pearson Correlations between ATP surface sampling, culture swabs plated on blood agar, and imprinting on MRSA selective media.

		MRSA	Blood agar	ATP
MRSA	Pearson Correlation	1	−0.147	−0.051
	Sig. (2-tailed)	45	0.337	0.738
	N		45	45
Blood Agar	Pearson Correlation	−0.147	1	0.164
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.337	45	0.280
	N	45		45
ATP	Pearson Correlation	−0.051	0.164	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.738	0.280	45
	N	45	45

MRSA, methicillin resistant S. aureus; ATP, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-based monitoring system.

ATP surface samples were derived from 3MTM CleantraceTM with UXL100 swabs, St Paul, MN.