Table 2.
Colony count and its distribution at 48 hours in three different experimental conditions
Experimental condition | Time point (min) | UVGI | Ventilation | AC | Temperature (°C) | Humidity (%) | Total colonies (CFU/100 L) | Diphtheroid (CFU/100 L) | Bacilli sp. (CFU/100 L) | Staphylococcus species (CFU/100 L) |
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Scenario A (normal condition) | 0 | Off (1) | On | On | 20.3 | 48 | 351 | 310 | 15 | 25 |
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30 | On | On | On | 20.7 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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60 | On | On | On | 21.4 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
120 | On | On | On | 21.9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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180 | On | On | On | 21.8 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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240 | On | On | On | 21.8 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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300 | On | On | On | 21.2 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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360 | On | On | On | 20.8 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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Scenario B (abnormal condition) | 0 | Off (1) | Off (2) | On | 19.3 | 56 | ~1000 | 40 | 5 | ~900 |
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30 | On | Off | On | 19.2 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
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60 | On | Off | On | 19.1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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120 | On | Off | On | 19.3 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
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180 | On | Off | On | 19.1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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240 | On | Off | On | 19.6 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
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300 | On | Off | On | 19.8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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360 | On | Off | On | 19.9 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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Scenario C (abnormal condition) | 0 | Off (1) | Off (2) | Off (3) | 22.5 | 43 | 99 | 58 | 1 | 39 |
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30 | On | Off | Off | 23.4 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
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60 | On | Off | Off | 25.1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
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120 | On | Off | Off | 26.8 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
UVGI, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation; AC, air conditioning; CFU, colony forming unit.
UVGI was activated only during the test periods;
Ventilation was deactivated 2 hours before the test;
AC was deactivated immediately before the test.