Antimicrobial Efficiency of Hypochlorous Acid and Its Effect on Some Properties of Alginate Impression Material

Table 4

Post hoc tests analysis (Tukey HSD) of colony forming unit (CFU) counts of different disinfectant solutions for each microorganism (Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa).

Microorganism	Test groups	Mean difference	Std. error	95% Confidence interval		Sig.
				Lower bound	Upper bound
Candida albicans	Control-NaOCl		0.07211	24.6937	25.1063	0.000
	Control-HOCl (5 min)		0.07211	24.7937	25.2063	0.000
	Control-HOCl (10 min)		0.07211	24.5737	24.9863	0.000
	NaOCl-HOCl (5 min)	0.10000	0.07211	−0.1063	0.3063	0.525
	NaOCl-HOCl (10 min)	−.12000	0.07211	−0.3263	0.0863	0.373
Staphylococcus aureus	Control-NaOCl		0.12767	24.4747	25.2053	0.000
	Control-HOCl (5 min)	24.68000	0.12767	24.3147	25.0453	0.000
	Control-HOCl (10 min)		0.12767	24.3947	25.1253	0.000
	NaOCl-HOCl (5 min)	−.16000	0.12767	−0.5253	0.2053	0.604
	NaOCl-HOCl (10 min)	−.08000	0.12767	−0.4453	0.2853	0.922
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Control-NaOCl		0.22672	23.6314	24.9286	0.000
	Control-HOCl (5 min)		0.22672	23.3514	24.6486	0.000
	Control-HOCl (10 min)		0.22672	23.5314	24.8286	0.000
	NaOCl-HOCl (5 min)	−0.28000	0.22672	−0.9286	0.3686	0.615
	NaOCl-HOCl (10 min)	−0.10000	0.22672	−0.7486	0.5486	0.970

Significant difference.