Table 3 Concentration of bacterial bioaerosols.

From: The effect of medical face masks on inhalation risk of bacterial bioaerosols in hospital waste decontamination station

Bacterial bioaerosols concentration

location

Sample size

Mean

SD

Median

IQR

Without mask

Yard

10

214.034

153.640

193.388

126.323

Resting room

10

668.145

812.474

321.9

793.529

autoclave room

10

199.543

126.493

230.269

160.773

total

30

360.574

515.87

217.093

230.174

3-layer mask

Yard

10

13.675

10.409

9.831

14.869

Resting room

10

19.145

18.952

13.698

11.956

autoclave room

10

23.336

33.046

16.512

5.188

total

30

18.719

22.365

13.675

13.27

N95 mask

Yard

10

18.264

26.756

3.206

40.847

Resting room

10

18.46

14.051

17.245

23.897

autoclave room

10

38.468

76.397

13.237

29.878

total

30

25.064

46.773

13.237

27.364