TABLE 2. Log₁₀ Reductiona in CFU of Staphylococcus aureus After Exposure to ChloraLock With 4 Hours of Microbial Incubation.

Solution Volume	0.9% NaClb	Heparin(10 units/mL)c	Heparin(100 units/mL)d	Sodium Citrate(4%)e
0.5 mL	5.611 ± 0.182f	5.244 ± 0.161f	4.632 ± 0.380f	4.754 ± 0.534f
1.0 mL	5.418 ± 0.179f	4.852 ± 0.207f	4.698 ± 0.682f	5.561 ± 0.144f
1.5 mL	5.397 ± 0.333f	4.809 ± 0.166f	5.629 ± 0.304f	4.523 ± 0.436f
2.0 mL	5.112 ± 0.454f	4.739 ± 0.346f	4.422 ± 0.646f	5.052 ± 0.528f
2.5 mL	5.178 ± 0.344f	4.845 ± 0.346f	3.948 ± 0.591f	4.857 ± 0.516f

Abbreviation: CFU, colony-forming units.

^aLog₁₀ reduction = (log₁₀ control samples) − (log₁₀ ChloraLock-treated samples)

Bacterial inoculum:

^b∼6.670 log₁₀ CFU

^c∼6.531 log₁₀ CFU

^d∼6.620 log₁₀ CFU

^e∼6.621 log₁₀ CFU

^fP < .05, ChloraLock-treated samples compared with controls, analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis test.