Table 1
 Overall blood contamination on Kastle-Meyer testing by equipment type
Equipment
Proportion testing +ve for blood
Extrication boards
26/36 (72%)
Boxsplints
36/52 (69%)
Head blocks
50/76 (66%)
Head boards
21/34 (62%)
Head straps
36/66 (55%)
Straps
83/170 (49%)
Cervical collars
27/57 (47%)
Total
279/491 (57%)