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Table 1 Dipslide results from EFSTH Neonatal Unit and Labour ward

From: Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia

 

Neonatal unit

(intervention)

Labour ward

(control)

“Pass” n/N

Percentage pass

“Pass” n/N

Percentage pass

Aerobic Colony Count (ACC), “pass” is ≤ 2.5 CFU/cm2

 Baseline period  (July–September 2021)

173/405

43%

191/482

40%

 Post-intervention period (Oct- December 2021)

15/408

4%

13/474

3%

 Change

 

-39%

 

-37%

S. aureus detection, “pass” is absence of organism

 Baseline period  (July–September 2021)

359/405

89%

448/482

93%

 Post-intervention period (Oct- December 2021)

358/408

88%

429/474

91%

 Change

 

-1%

 

-2%