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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 May 18;18(6):276–287. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2021.1910280

Table 1.

Time-weighted average (TWA) total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) and chlorine breathing zone concentrations summarized over 20 aides’ visits,A by cleaning and disinfecting product.

Cleaning product Mean Median IQRB Min Max

TVOC (ppb)

Bleach-based 593 515 271–759 149 1,245
Quats-based 1,210 1,196 891–1,501 590 2,065
Green 498 480 341–619 186 829

Chlorine (ppm)

Bleach-based 0.55 0.53 0.30–0.77 0.09 1.24
A

Data were available on 22 visits for the green product, 20 for all others.

B

Interquartile range.