Touchless connector system (in CFU) | Standard of care connector system (in CFU) | |||||
Culture* | Total | SE | PA | Total | SE | PA |
Participant 1 | ||||||
Sample 1† | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sample 2 | – | – | – | 2.00×107 | 1.00×104 | 2.00×106 |
Sample 3 | – | – | – | – | 2.00×104 | 1.00×106 |
Sample 4 | – | – | – | – | 4.00×103 | 1.00×103 |
Sample 5 | – | – | – | 2.00×106 | 1.00×105 | 1.00×106 |
Sample 6 | – | – | – | 1.00×103 | 3.00×104 | – |
Sample 7† | 5.00×107 | 1.00×108 | 1.00×107 | 3.00×106 | 1.00×108 | 5.00×105 |
Participant 2 | ||||||
Sample 1† | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sample 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.00×106 |
Sample 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sample 4 | – | – | – | – | 6.00×106 | – |
Sample 5 | – | – | – | – | 6.00×103 | – |
Sample 6 | – | – | – | – | 2.00×104 | 1.00×106 |
Sample 7† | 6.00×106 | 7.00×106 | 1.00×106 | 1.00×106 | 4.00×106 | 5.00×105 |
Participant 3 | ||||||
Sample 1† | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sample 2 | – | – | – | 1.00×107 | 5.00×106 | 1.00×103 |
Sample 3 | – | – | – | 6.00×106 | 2.00×107 | 1.00×103 |
Sample 4 | – | – | – | 5.00×106 | 3.00×106 | – |
Sample 5 | – | – | – | 1.00×107 | 1.00×107 | – |
Sample 6 | – | – | – | 3.00×106 | 5.00×106 | 6.00×103 |
Sample 7† | 2.00×108 | 3.00×108 | 1.00×108 | 2.00×108 | 7.00×107 | 3.00×108 |
Participant 4 | ||||||
Sample 1† | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sample 2 | – | – | – | 8.00×105 | 1.00×103 | 1.00×106 |
Sample 3 | – | – | – | 1.00×106 | 1.00×103 | 1.00×106 |
Sample 4 | – | – | – | 7.00×105 | – | 2.00×106 |
Sample 5 | – | – | – | 7.00×106 | – | 1.00×106 |
Sample 6 | – | – | – | 3.00×105 | – | 4.00×105 |
Sample 7† | 1.00×108 | 2.00×108 | 8.00×107 | 5.00×107 | 3.00×107 | 8.00×106 |
*Total=Luria Bertani agar for total bacterial enumeration; SE=Mannitol Salts Agar for Staphylococcus enumeration; PA=Pseudomonas isolation agar for Pseudomonas enumeration.
†Sample 1 is sterile controls, sample 7 is contaminated controls.
CFU, colony-forming units.