Table 1 Proportion of contact cultures with low, acceptable and high microbial burden before routine cleaning and/or disinfection, after routine cleaning and/or disinfection and after the use of the UV-C robot
ENT outpatient area | Oncology outpatient area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Average | High | Low | Average | High | |
Before C&D | 45.8% (11/24) | 37.5% (9/24) | 16.7% (4/24) | 22.5% (9/40) | 60.0% (24/40) | 17.5% (7/40) |
After C&D | 79.2% (19/24) | 20.8% (5/24) | 0% (0/24) | 32.5% (13/40) | 62.5% (25/40) | 5.0% (2/40) |
After C&D + UV-C | 100% (24/24) | 0% (0/24) | 0% (0/24) | 95.0% (38/40) | 5.0% (2/40) | 0% (0/40) |