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. 2022 Dec 5;11:149. doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01183-y

Table 9.

An overview of the environmental and clinical outcomes of studies using PX-UV

Environmental outcomes Clinical outcomes
Micro-organism Range of effect of all studies Range of effect of stat. sign. findings Number of studies Range of effect of all studies Range of effect of stat. sign. findings Number of studies
Viruses Norovirus
Bacteria Acinetobacter 63% reduction 63% reduction 1 [89]
CPE
ESBL
MRSA 72.7– 90.9% reduction 72.7–90.9% reduction 5 [69, 97, 100102] 20% increase to 37.9% reduction 26.7–37.9% reduction 4 [89, 92, 95, 107]
VRE 38–100% reduction 75–100% reduction 4 [69, 91, 103, 104] 18.9% increase to 52.7% 18.9–50% reduction 4 [90, 92, 93, 107]
Spores C. difficile 59–100% reduction 63.6–94.8% reduction 3 [69, 105, 106] 18.6% increase to 53% reduction 17.2–53% reduction 8 [85, 90, 9294, 96, 107, 108]
Yeast C. auris