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 4 Analysis of contrast test results of the colony counts of swabbing technique and RODAC agar plate.

Polynomial order		DF	Type III SS	F	P
Order-1	Mean	1	75366.70	7.08	0.0107
	Method	1	66068.02	6.21	0.0164
	Intercept	46	489640.56
Order-2	Mean	1	258402.63	16.2	0.0002
	Method	1	103040.37	6.46	0.0145
	Intercept	46	733571.13
Order-3	Mean	1	83439.39	4.97	0.0308
	Method	1	64155.87	3.82	0.0568
	Intercept	46	772772.83
DF – degrees of freedom; SS – sum of squares of deviation from mean; Order-n – n-th variables after orthogonal comparison transformation.

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