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. 2016 Jun 9;11(6):e0156390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156390

Table 2. Reduction of S. aureus on different surface materials inoculated with two types of soiling using two types of cleaning wipes, three cleaning agents and two humidity levels (n = 3).

Cleaning agent and cleaning wipe Reduction of S. aureus (log CFU/surface)
Stainless steel + BA soiling Stainless steel + Egg soiling Laminate + BA soiling Laminate + egg soiling Tile + BA soiling Tile + egg soiling
Allrengöring
 Blue, high humidity >6.2 5.7±0.2 4.0±0.1 3.5±0.4 6.3±0.1 5.9±1.4
 Blue, low humidity 5.2±1.9 4.2±3.1 3.5±0.7 1.0±0.8 6.0±0.3 1.9±2.7
 White, high humidity 5.2±0.2 >6.7 3.5±0.3 3.1±0.7 4.5±1.3 5.0±0.4
 White, low humidity 3.3±0.1 5.5±0.7 1.1±0.2 0.5±0.2 3.5±0.2 2.0±1.5
Virkon
 Blue, high humidity 2.2±0.5 6.7±0.0 5.3±0.3 3.6±0.4 5.2±0.6 5.1±1.0
 Blue, low humidity 2.2±0.4 2.0±1.4 5.0±1.6 2.1±0.2 5.3±0.5 1.5±2.0
 White, high humidity 3.1 6.1±0.3 4.9±1.0 5.4±0.3 5.9±0.3 4.6±1.2
 White, low humidity 2.6±1.1 4.8±0.6 3.2±0.4 0.5±0.4 3.8±1.9 2.1±1.3
Dax 70
 Blue, high humidity 2.8±0.8 6.6±1.0 4.3±1.0 7.1±1.0 6.1±1.1 2.1±1.0
 Blue, low humidity 5.2±1.1 0.3±0.3 2.5±0.4 7.1±0.3 6.1±1.9 0.2±0.2
 White, high humidity 3.4±1.0 4.1±1.0 4.7±1.0 1.4±1.0 6.6±1.0 4.5±1.0
 White, low humidity 4.7±1.1 0.7±0.3 1.3±0.7 0.5±0.2 6.6±1.0 1.3±0.5