Table 2

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus early and during intervention by study group

First month interventionGreater than 1 month interventionTotal studyχ2 p-Value
Cups4/38 (10.5)13/139 (9.4)17/177 (9.6)0.050.83
Pads6/44 (13.6)21/197 (10.7)27/241 (11.2)0.320.57
Control5/33 (15.2)16/153 (10.5)21/186 (11.3)0.60.44
Total15/115 (13.0)50/439 (10.2)65/604 (10.8)0.770.38
χ2 linear trend0.340.090.26
p-value0.560.760.61