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Table 5 Effect of pre-treatment of football pads with ClO2 and its impact on subsequent recovery of bacteria following 7 days use (numbers represent colony count units).

From: Disinfection of football protective equipment using chlorine dioxide produced by the ICA TriNova system

 

pre-treatment

post-treatment*

7 days use

Control pads (untreated)

1

296

290

18,648

2

349

138

24,696

3

1,120

1,176

3,528

ClO2 Treated pads

1

2,296

337

2,464

2

274

9

324

3

105

15

61

t-Test

p = 0.708

p = 0.292

p = 0.082

  1. For this 3 different control (untreated pads) and 3 different treated pads (treated with ClO2) were evaluated.
  2. *Here post-treatment was a control group and there was no treatment, but a second sample was taken and evaluated for colony count units.
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BMC Public Health

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