23 September 2023>: Lab/In Vitro 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 1CFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941086
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941086
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) | ||
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G-G | H-F-L | |||||
Method | 1 | 527940.75 | 33.35 | |||
Intercept | 46 | 728149.23 | ||||
Time | 3 | 417208.73 | 9.62 | |||
TimeMethod | 3 | 233264.25 | 5.38 | 0.0016 | 0.0034 | 0.0028 |
Mauchly’s sphericity test: λ=0.500870, |