Abstract
Bacterial surface contamination is an important reservoir for micro-organisms and a potential route for transmission. ATP bioluminescence is a relatively new method to assess environmental contamination, and gives direct results.
Highlights
Bacterial surface contamination is an important reservoir for micro-organisms and a potential route for transmission
ATP bioluminescence was expressed in relative light units (RLU), AAC was expressed in cfu/cm2; for the analysis a Natural Logarithmic transformation was performed to obtain an normal distribution of the values (LnRLU and LnCFU)
Toilet seats were significantly associated with higher RLU (P
Summary
Bacterial surface contamination is an important reservoir for micro-organisms and a potential route for transmission. ATP bioluminescence is a relatively new method to assess environmental contamination, and gives direct results. The ATP and ACC results of the 98 paired samples showed a good correlation between LnRLU and LnCFU (R2=0.277; P
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