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Table 4 Number of stretcher rails with contamination exceeding the recommended level of 2.50 CFU/cm2

From: Antimicrobial surface coating in the emergency department as protective technology for infection control (ASEPTIC): a pilot randomized controlled trial

Variables

Clean

(< 2.50 CFU/cm2)

Dirty

(> 2.50 CFU/cm2)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

24 h

  

0.57 (0.19 to 1.61)

 Saline (n = 48)

37 (77.1%)

11 (22.9%)

 

 NOMOBAC (n = 48)

41 (85.4%)

7 (14.6%)

 

7 days

  

0.56 (0.23 to 1.32)

 Saline (n = 48)

30 (62.5%)

18 (37.5%)

 

 NOMOBAC (n = 47)

35 (74.5%)

12 (25.5%)

 

180 days

  

1.30 (0.57 to 2.95)

 Saline (n = 47)

29 (61.7%)

18 (38.3%)

 

 NOMOBAC (n = 48)

27 (56.3%)

21 (43.7%)

 
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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