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) | |||||
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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 |