(c) For control article log reduction, the mean Log₁₀ CFU/g recovered from the three replicates of control articles/rabbit was subtracted from the mean Log₁₀ CFU from the initial inoculum counts that were exposed to the catheters at implantation

	Sample location
	Sample no.	3	4	6	8	10
Day	Rabbit no.	Control article LogR (based on initial inoculum)
30	2	5.87	6.86	6.86	6.86	5.76
	P	0.37	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.76
30	3	6.86	4.42	5.70	4.37	2.34
	P	0.37	0.13	0.37	0.12	0.00
30	5	6.86	4.67	4.44	5.80	5.81
	P	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.37	0.37
30	6**	2.95	6.86	6.86	6.86	6.86
	P	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	8	1.95	4.62	3.15	3.18	1.67
	P	0.01	0.37	0.14	0.13	0.00

**indicates that control tunnels 1 and 3 on rabbit 6 were not available for analysis.