Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Dispatch
Household Contamination with Salmonella enterica1
Daniel H. Rice*
, Dale D. Hancock*, Paivi M. Roozen*, Maryanne H. Szymanski*, Beth C. Scheenstra*, Kirsten M. Cady*, Thomas E. Besser*, and Paul A. Chudek†
, Dale D. Hancock*, Paivi M. Roozen*, Maryanne H. Szymanski*, Beth C. Scheenstra*, Kirsten M. Cady*, Thomas E. Besser*, and Paul A. Chudek†
Table 2
Log10 CFU/mL Salmonella enterica (standard error) on contaminated carpet segments cleaned with a commercial carpet cleaner followed by different sanitizers
| Cleaned by a commercial carpet cleaner followed by |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | No sanitizer | Chlorhexidinea | Phenolic disinfectantb | Quaternary ammoniumc | ||
| No. carpet segments/treatment |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
| Pretreatment |
2.87 |
3.36 (0.18) |
2.44 (0.16) |
3.18 (0.02) |
3.28 (0.11) |
|
| Posttreatment |
2.60 |
2.26 (0.09) |
2.54 (0.36) |
0.81 (0.81) |
1.67 (0.27) |
|
| Mean change | -0.27 | -1.10 (0.27) | 0.10 (0.52) | -2.37 (0.79) | -1.61 (0.38) | |
aVirosan Bio-Ceutic, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica., St Joseph, MO.
bLpH Ag, STERIS Corp., St. Louis, MO.
cLysol, Reckitt Benckiser Inc., Wayne, NJ.
1 This study was performed at the Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7060, USA.
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