Table 5. Equipment detection limit associated risk*.
| Pathogen | Diameter | Risk (95% confidence interval) |
| B. anthracis | 1 µM | 2.30×10−2 (5.81×10−4, 4.33×10−1) |
| 3 µM | 6.80×10−4 (2.25×10−5, 6.54×10−3) | |
| 5 µM | 1.92×10−4 (1.00×10−5, 1.16×10−3) | |
| 10 µM | 1.17×10−5 (3.18×10−6, 2.84×10−4) | |
| Y. pestis | 1 µM | 2.86×10−3 (9.63×10−5, 1.63×10−2) |
| 3 µM | 2.85×10−3 (1.01×10−4, 1.58×10−2) | |
| 5 µM | 2.84×10−3 (1.04×10−4, 1.51×10−2) | |
| 10 µM | 2.69×10−3 (1.04×10−4, 1.37×10−2) | |
| F. tularensis | 1 µM | 2.57×10−1 (1.54×10−2, 9.17×10−1) |
| 3 µM | 2.55×10−1 (1.58×10−2, 8.96×10−1) | |
| 5 µM | 2.54×10−1 (1.60×10−2, 8.65×10−1) | |
| 10 µM | 2.31×10−1 (1.56×10−2, 8.06×10−1) | |
| Variola major | 1 µM | 2.79×10−4 (9.72×10−6, 6.10×10−4) |
| 3 µM | 2.43×10−4 (7.84×10−6, 5.06×10−4) | |
| 5 µM | 2.14×10−4 (5.93×10−6, 4.06×10−4) | |
| 10 µM | 7.35×10−5 (3.42×10−6, 3.32×10−4) | |
| Lassa | 1 µM | 5.43×10−2 (1.04×10−2, 7.00×10−1) |
| 3 µM | 5.43×10−2 (1.09×10−2, 7.00×10−1) | |
| 5 µM | 5.42×10−2 (1.12×10−2, 6.99×10−1) | |
| 10 µM | 5.26×10−2 (1.12×10−2, 6.95×10−1) |
*
It is assumed that the detection limit is 10 organisms which comes from sampling a 0.09 m2 surface with the pathogen concentration 292 organisms per m2 and the recovery rate is 0.38 [12].