Table 3:

Results of microbiology enumeration for test samples

	Touchless Connector System (in Colony Forming Units, CFU)			Standard of Care Connector System (in Colony Forming Units, CFU)
a Culture	Total	SE	PA	Total	SE	PA
Participant 1
bSample 1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sample 2	-	-	-	2.00 × 107	1.00 × 104	2.00 × 106
Sample 3	-	-	-	-	2.00 × 104	1.00 × 106
Sample 4	-	-	-	-	4.00 × 103	1.00 × 103
Sample 5	-	-	-	2.00 × 106	1.00 × 105	1.00 × 106
Sample 6	-	-	-	1.00 × 103	3.00 × 104	-
bSample 7	5.00 × 107	1.00 × 108	1.00 × 107	3.00 × 106	1.00 × 108	5.00 × 105
Participant 2
bSample 1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sample 2	-	-	-	-	-	1.00 × 106
Sample 3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sample 4	-	-	-	-	6.00 × 106	-
Sample 5	-	-	-	-	6.00 × 103	-
Sample 6	-	-	-	-	2.00 × 104	1.00 × 106
bSample 7	6.00 × 106	7.00 × 106	1.00 × 106	1.00 × 106	4.00 × 106	5.00 × 105
Participant 3
bSample 1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sample 2	-	-	-	1.00 × 107	5.00 × 106	1.00 × 103
Sample 3	-	-	-	6.00 × 106	2.00 × 107	1.00 × 103
Sample 4	-	-	-	5.00 × 106	3.00 × 106	-
Sample 5	-	-	-	1.00 × 107	1.00 × 107	-
Sample 6	-	-	-	3.00 × 106	5.00 × 106	6.00 × 103
bSample 7	2.00 × 108	3.00 × 108	1.00 × 108	2.00 × 108	7.00 × 107	3.00 × 108
Participant 4
bSample 1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sample 2	-	-	-	8.00 × 105	1.00 × 103	1.00 × 106
Sample 3	-	-	-	1.00 × 106	1.00 × 103	1.00 × 106
Sample 4	-	-	-	7.00 × 105	-	2.00 × 106
Sample 5	-	-	-	7.00 × 106	-	1.00 × 106
Sample 6	-	-	-	3.00 × 105	-	4.00 × 105
bSample 7	1.00 × 108	2.00 × 108	8.00 × 107	5.00 × 107	3.00 × 107	8.00 × 106

^aCultures:

Total = Luria Bertani agar for total bacterial enumeration

SE = Mannitol Salts Agar for Staphylococcus enumeration

PA = Pseudomonas isolation agar for Pseudomonas enumeration

^bSample 1 are Sterile Controls, Samples 7 are Contaminated Controls