Table 3.
Total positive plates & colony counts per site by bacterial heterotrophic colony counts and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before and after manual and UV light disinfection for 5 high touch surfaces
| |
HPC positive plates (colony count) |
MRSA positive plates (colony count) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Site |
Manual |
PPX-UV |
Manual |
PPX-UV |
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| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
| Bed rail |
10/10 (774) |
10/10 (30) |
10/10 (1079) |
0/10 (0) |
8/10 (308) |
0/10 (0) |
8/10 (188) |
0/10 (0) |
| Call button |
10/10 (494) |
6/10 (64) |
10/10 (1121) |
3/10 (54) |
9/10 (89) |
1/9 (1) |
8/10 (286) |
1/10 (1) |
| Tray table |
10/10 (311) |
8/10 (21) |
10/10 (293) |
1/10 (4) |
9/10 (48) |
1/10 (1) |
5/10 (10) |
1/10 (1) |
| Bathroom handrail |
10/10 (392) |
10/10 (91) |
10/10 (988) |
5/10 (20) |
8/10 (269) |
3/10 (86) |
9/10 (265) |
2/10 (5) |
| Toilet seat |
10/10 (579) |
7/10 (398) |
10/10 (1009) |
2/10 (6) |
9/10 (559) |
3/10 (25) |
8/10 (333) |
0/10 (0) |
| Total | 50/50 (2550) | 41/50 (604) | 50/50 (4490) | 11/50 (84) | 43/50 (1273) | 8/49 (113) | 38/50 (1082) | 4/50 (7) |
HPC: Bacterial heterotrophic plate counts.
MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
PPX-UV: Portable pulsed xenon Ultraviolet.