|
Evaluated object
|
Copper Armour™
|
Control
|
P value
|
% Reduction
|
|---|
|
n
|
Average cfu/100 cm2
|
Media cfu/100 cm2
|
n
|
Average cfu/100 cm2
|
Median cfu/100 cm2
| | |
|---|
|
Total aerobic microbial load
|
|
Bed rails
|
32
|
1129
|
120
|
32
|
3323
|
1440
|
0.018 *
|
66.0
|
|
Overbed Table
|
14
|
762,9
|
0
|
16
|
1755
|
960
|
0,045 *
|
56.5
|
|
Bedside Table
|
16
|
1793
|
60
|
16
|
2108
|
120
|
0,303
|
14.9
|
|
IV Pole
|
16
|
157,5
|
0
|
16
|
337,5
|
120
|
0,195
|
53.5
|
|
Staphylococcus spp.
|
|
Bed rails
|
32
|
270
|
0
|
32
|
2445
|
300
|
0,001 **
|
88.9
|
|
Overbed Table
|
14
|
462,9
|
0
|
16
|
720
|
240
|
0,106
|
35.7
|
|
Bedside Table
|
16
|
270
|
0
|
16
|
997,5
|
0
|
0,289
|
72.9
|
|
IV Pole
|
16
|
22,5
|
0
|
16
|
60
|
0
|
0,231
|
62.5
|
|
Yeasts/Fungi
|
|
Bed rails
|
32
|
697,5
|
0
|
32
|
195,0
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
|
Overbed Table
|
14
|
68,5
|
0
|
16
|
15,00
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
|
Bedside Table
|
16
|
630
|
0
|
16
|
1155
|
0
|
0,279
|
45.5
|
|
IV Pole
|
16
|
15
|
0
|
16
|
37,5
|
0
|
0,367
|
60
|
- * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 established using Mann-Whitney U test (one-tailed)
