COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CAPTURE AND RELEASE OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA BY FLOCKED SWABS
Kathryn Helene Harry, Kunapuli T. Madhusudhan, Cet Llc, Nc Usa · 2011
A = Number of bacteria recovered (CFU/mL) B = Number of viable organisms in the starting culture (CFU/mL) C = Average water absorption capacity of the swab (mL) D = Average dry weight of swab (g) Data Analysis • Statistical analysis of data collected was done by using JMP-7 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). • One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the equality of several means and to establish the test of significance. The p-values were computed and then the test of significance was applied (α = 0.05). • Tukey-Kramer Honestly Significance Different Test (p ≤ 0.05) was used to determine which means are significantly different from one another.