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Table 3 Potential risk factors associated with sites not being clean (CFU > 2.5/cm2 and/or growth of pathogens)

From: Prehospital infection control and prevention in Denmark: a cross-sectional study on guideline adherence and microbial contamination of surfaces

Risk factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

HTS, n = 480

 Time of day of samplinga

0.9 (1.0–1.2)

0.072

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

0.068

 Rural service

1.0

 

1.0

 

 City service

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

0.955

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

0.773

Provider-related sites, n = 320

 Time of day of samplinga

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

0.738

0.9 (0.9–1.1)

0.707

 Rural service

1.0

 

1.0

 

 City service

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

0.864

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

0.810

  1. aTotal sampling period: 07.00 am - 06.00 pm. on the four days of data collection. Time of sampling classified by 1-h intervals, e.g., samples collected from 07.00 am - 08.00 am, classified as 07.00 am, samples collected from 08.00–09.00 am as 08.00, etc