TABLE 1.
Log reduction of IAV in mucus or saline caused by AHR or AHW
| Sample | Disinfection time (s) |
IAV log reduction by conditiona
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| AHR | P | AHW | AHR | AHW | ||
| Saline | 30 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 60 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| 120 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| 240 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| Mucus | ||||||
| All samples | 30 | 0.84 ± 0.28 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 |
| 60 | 1.87 ± 0.33 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 120 | 2.95 ± 0.36 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 240 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| Each sample | ||||||
| No. 1 | 30 | 0.70 ± 0.49 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 |
| 60 | 1.55 ± 0.55 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 120 | 3.00 ± 1.14 | 0.008 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 240 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| No. 10 | 30 | 0.66 ± 0.30 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 |
| 60 | 1.86 ± 0.82 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 120 | 2.57 ± 0.62 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 240 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
| No. 19 | 30 | 1.17 ± 0.38 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 |
| 60 | 2.21 ± 0.67 | 0.002 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 120 | 3.29 ± 0.75 | 0.004 | >5 | >5 | >5 | |
| 240 | >5 | >5 | >5 | >5 | ||
a
IAV, influenza A virus; AHR, antiseptic hand rubbing; AHW, antiseptic hand washing. Statistics are presented as mean ± SD with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The log reduction values between saline and mucus conditions were compared.