Figure 1.

Survival of planktonic bacteria following germicide exposure. Average percent survival of ten planktonic A. baumannii strains, both MDR and PS strains combined, after 1-, 2-, and 4-min exposure with (A) 0.63% bleach, (B) 55% ethanol, and (C) 70% ethanol. (D) Comparison of bacterial survival at proper contact times for bleach (4 min), and 55% and 70% ethanol (1 min). A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered significant. The bars show mean survival among all bacterial strains, and error bars represent standard deviation. No significant differences were observed.