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. 2021 Jan 25;27(2):293–301. doi: 10.5152/dir.2021.20688

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)
Scenario A (normal condition) 0 Off (1) On On 20.3 48 351 310 15 25

30 On On On 20.7 49 3 0 0 2

60 On On On 21.4 49 2 0 0 1
120 On On On 21.9 47 1 0 0 1

180 On On On 21.8 47 0 0 0 0

240 On On On 21.8 48 3 0 1 0

300 On On On 21.2 48 2 0 0 1

360 On On On 20.8 49 4 0 3 0

Scenario B (abnormal condition) 0 Off (1) Off (2) On 19.3 56 ~1000 40 5 ~900

30 On Off On 19.2 53 7 0 0 7

60 On Off On 19.1 53 1 0 0 1

120 On Off On 19.3 52 7 0 0 7

180 On Off On 19.1 50 3 0 0 3

240 On Off On 19.6 49 5 0 0 5

300 On Off On 19.8 49 1 0 0 1

360 On Off On 19.9 50 2 0 0 2

Scenario C (abnormal condition) 0 Off (1) Off (2) Off (3) 22.5 43 99 58 1 39

30 On Off Off 23.4 46 6 2 0 4

60 On Off Off 25.1 46 5 0 0 5

120 On Off Off 26.8 44 3 0 1 2

UVGI, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation; AC, air conditioning; CFU, colony forming unit.

(1)

UVGI was activated only during the test periods;

(2)

Ventilation was deactivated 2 hours before the test;

(3)

AC was deactivated immediately before the test.