Comparative Analysis of Sampling Methods for Assessing Bacterial Contamination on Hospital Partition Curtains: Moistened Swabs versus RODAC Agar Plates

Yaru Li; Leilei Li; Feng Chen; Dong Wang; Yaping Peng; Wanqiu Wang; Xiaxia Sun; Jianjun Deng; Juan Li

doi:10.12659/MSM.941086

23 September 2023 : Laboratory Research

Comparative Analysis of Sampling Methods for Assessing Bacterial Contamination on Hospital Partition Curtains: Moistened Swabs versus RODAC Agar Plates

Yaru Li^1ACE, Leilei Li^2CE, Feng Chen^1BCD, Dong Wang^1BF, Yaping Peng^1BF, Wanqiu Wang^1BF, Xiaxia Sun^1BCF, Jianjun Deng^1ACEG*, Juan Li^1CF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941086

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941086

Authors information Article notes Copyright and License information

Background Material and Methods Results Discussion Conclusions References

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Table 2 Analysis of RM ANOVA test results of the colony counts of swabbing technique and RODAC agar plate.

	DF	Type III SS	F vaule	P	P(adjusted)
	DF	Type III SS	F vaule	P	G-G	H-F-L
Method	1	527940.75	33.35	<.0001
Intercept	46	728149.23
Time	3	417208.73	9.62	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001
TimeMethod	3	233264.25	5.38	0.0016	0.0034	0.0028
Mauchly’s sphericity test: λ=0.500870,

Back to the Article

Comparative Analysis of Sampling Methods for Assessing Bacterial Contamination on Hospital Partition Curtains: Moistened Swabs versus RODAC Agar Plates

Your Privacy