Table 3. Natural contamination of PLA masks worn by test persons, and subsequently treated with ethanol (bacterial count expressed as CFU/mL).
Inner surface (untreated) | Inner surface (after disinfection) |
Outer surface (untreated) | Outer surface (after disinfection) |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Effect of ethanol on disinfection of PLA masks from natural microbial contamination (CFU/mL) | ||||
PLA mask 1 | 7,000 | 19 | 85 | 0 |
PLA mask 2 | 257 | 0 | 153 | 0 |
PLA mask 3 | 108 | 2 | 59 | 2 |
average | 2,455 | 7 | 99 | 1 |