Table 3

Descriptive quantitative data presented for each condition and syringe

	Group
	Positive control	Fluid only	Fluid, air and priming	Fluid and agitation	Fluid, air and agitation	Fluid, air, priming and agitation	Fluid (8°C), air, priming and agitation
Syringe
BD Ultra-Fine	9.60±5.36	0.10±0.32	0.20±0.42	5.10±1.91	8.70±3.37	8.40±3.10	8.40±2.99
Terumo	12.90±9.11	0.10±0.32	0.80±1.75	7.80±3.16	16.30±6.88	11.8±5.09	25.9±13.32
Injekt-F	9.00±2.87	0.00±0.00	0.20±0.63	0.00±0.00	0.10±0.32	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00
Omnifix-F	7.10±1.45	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	0.40±0.52	1.40±0.70	1.70±1.34	1.00±1.15
BD Luer-lok	6.70±1.57	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	0.10±0.32	1.50±0.71	1.40±0.97	1.40±0.70
BD Tuberculin	3.60±1.07	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	0.10±0.32	0.30±0.67	0.30±0.95	0.20±0.42
BD Plastipak	5.60±1.84	0.10±0.32	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	1.40±0.70	1.30±0.82	0.80±0.63
Exel	10.30±3.68	0.00±0.00	0.10±0.32	0.30±0.67	0.10±0.32	0.20±0.63	0.20±0.42