Table 1 Recovery of Clostridium difficile , vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus , and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from surfaces in hospital rooms before and after use of the Sterilray device
Sites positive (%) | Mean colony forming units recovered (range) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C.difficile | VRE | MRSA | C. difficile | VRE | MRSA | |
Before Sterilray | 28 (11) | 12 (5) | 49 (46) | 0.23(0–29) | 0.47(0–43) | 28.2(0–1000) |
After Sterilray | 11 (4) | 5 (2) | 29 (27) | 0.06(0–2) | 0.28(0–56) | 7.84(0–200) |
P | 0.007 | 0.14 | 0.007 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 0.15 |