Table 3 Total positive plates & colony counts per site by bacterial heterotrophic colony counts and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before and after manual and UV light disinfection for 5 high touch surfaces
HPC positive plates (colony count) | MRSA positive plates (colony count) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site | Manual | PPX-UV | Manual | PPX-UV | ||||
Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
Bed rail | 10/10 (774) | 10/10 (30) | 10/10 (1079) | 0/10 (0) | 8/10 (308) | 0/10 (0) | 8/10 (188) | 0/10 (0) |
Call button | 10/10 (494) | 6/10 (64) | 10/10 (1121) | 3/10 (54) | 9/10 (89) | 1/9 (1) | 8/10 (286) | 1/10 (1) |
Tray table | 10/10 (311) | 8/10 (21) | 10/10 (293) | 1/10 (4) | 9/10 (48) | 1/10 (1) | 5/10 (10) | 1/10 (1) |
Bathroom handrail | 10/10 (392) | 10/10 (91) | 10/10 (988) | 5/10 (20) | 8/10 (269) | 3/10 (86) | 9/10 (265) | 2/10 (5) |
Toilet seat | 10/10 (579) | 7/10 (398) | 10/10 (1009) | 2/10 (6) | 9/10 (559) | 3/10 (25) | 8/10 (333) | 0/10 (0) |
Total | 50/50 (2550) | 41/50 (604) | 50/50 (4490) | 11/50 (84) | 43/50 (1273) | 8/49 (113) | 38/50 (1082) | 4/50 (7) |