Table 5

Results of glove prints in nine hospital pharmacies




Hospital number
2016201720182019
nposnegCRR (%)nposnegCRR (%)nposnegCRR (%)nposnegCRR (%)p value
139053851.28376133633.4636183532.2234953441.431
2215122035.58146131338.90244152296.1522024196 10.91 0.0549
3882428404.76790347564.30784247603.06727356924.811
415723134 14.65 12921108 16.28 16227135 16.67 20835173 17.24 0.6648
529039251 13.45 22623203 10.18 299212787.02452374158.190.0253
658599486 16.92 623109514 17.50 51776441 14.70 12319211397.470.0001
7132101227.5812016104 13.33 19481864.12179161638.940.8362
850164437 12.77 49356437 11.36 603485557.96637605779.420.0843
929452891.70298132854.3624682383.25255132425.100.0307
  • Results above the 10% limit are in bold.

  • CRR, contamination recovery rate; n, number of samples examined; neg, number of samples without growth; hospital number, hospital pharmacy number in this study; pos, number of samples with one or more cfu; p value, CRR 2019 compared with CRR 2016.