Table 1.
Description of surfaces swabbed.
| Surface ID | Household Latrines | Community Latrines | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Type | Average Area Swabbed | N | Surface Type | Average Area Swabbed | N (Dirty) | N (Clean) | |
| TS | Toilet seat for cistern flush toilets or latrine slab for pit latrines | 76 cm2 | 5 | Latrine slab | 55 cm2 | 16 | 11 |
| AC | Spray handle/bucket for anal cleansing | 23 cm2 | 5 | Tap used for anal cleansing | 140 cm2 | 16 | 11 |
| DH | Door Handle | 82 cm2 | 5 | Door Handle | 30 cm2 | 16 | 11 |
| W | Wall (Pit latrines only) | 100 cm2 | 2 | Wall | 100 cm2 | 16 | 11 |
| SH | Sink handle at handwashing station | 424 cm2 | 3 | Sink handle at handwashing station | 218 cm2 | 6 | 3 |
| F | Flush (cistern flush toilets only) | 10 cm2 | 3 | Flush (United States control site only) | 28 cm2 | 6 | 1 |
| Fl | Floor (United States control site only) | 100 cm2 | 5 | ||||
| M | Money (collected from latrine operator at community site 1) * | 45 cm2 | 2 | ||||
* Two exploratory money samples were swabbed, to see if money could be a potential transmission route of concern that is associated with shared sanitation.