Table 2.
Catheter decolonization results – polyhexanide 0.02% versus NaCl 0.9%
| Catheter | Swab Extraction Method | Membrane Filtration Method | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| log with NaCl | log with polyhexanide | Difference NaCl –polyhexanide | log with NaCl | log with polyhexanide | Difference NaCl –polyhexanide | |
| 1 | 2.34 | 2.48 | −0.13 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 2.48 | 1.48 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | 2.48 | 1.30 | 1.18 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 4 | 2.48 | 1.48 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 5 | 2.48 | 1.48 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| 6 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| 7 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| 8 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 9 | 2.08 | 2.48 | −0.40 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 10 | 1.90 | 2.48 | −0.57 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Mean | 2.37 | 2.06 | 0.31a | 1.70 | 0.80 | 0.90b |
| Standard deviation | 0.196 | 0.514 | 0.628 | 0.458 | 0.748 | 0.943 |
| No of catheters | 10 | 10 | ||||
aThe difference between the polyhexanide and NaCl groups is not statistically significant (p = 0.173) for the swab extraction method
bThe difference between the polyhexanide and NaCl groups is statistically significant (p = 0.034) for the liquid extraction method