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Table 3 Percentages of reprocessing cycles using different cleaning processes

From: Compliance of primary and secondary care public hospitals with standard practices for reprocessing and steam sterilization of reusable medical devices in Nepal: findings from nation-wide multicenter clustered audits

Cleaning agents used

Estimate

Standard Error

95% Confidence Interval

Lower

Upper

Disinfectant solution → detergent/soap solution → plain watera

53.6%

10.8%

30.5%

75.3%

Disinfectant solution → detergent/soap solutiona

9.3%

8.7%

1.0%

50.5%

Disinfectant solution → plain watera

18.8%

7.3%

7.4%

40.2%

Detergent/soap solution → plain watera

7.1%

5.0%

1.4%

29.6%

Plain water only

11.2%

6.5%

2.9%

35.1%

  1. a the agents were used for cleaning of medical devices in the given sequence