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. 2023 Dec 18;2023:4441338. doi: 10.1155/2023/4441338

Table 3.

Sites contaminated with bacteria that can grow on MSA agar during two months.

Sample number/month Sample source Mannitol salt agar (CFUs/cm2)
4/May and June Head pillow of CT CANON 0.2/0.4
5/June RT side of patient table CT CANON 0.2
6/May and June Centre of patient table CT CANON 1.6/4
7/May Head coil MRI 1 0.2
11/June Keyboard of CT CANON 3.4
14/May LT side gantry control panel CT CANON 0.2
15/June Primax X-ray portable touch screen 4
24/May and June Table of prep medication in X-ray room 0.2/0.2
25/May and June Keyboard of US for general use 1/1.4
26/May Patient table of US for general use 0.2
27/June Ear plugs of MRI 0.8
29/June MRI surface coil 1 0.2
30/May RT side of MRI patient table 2.2
31/June LT side of MRI patient Table 1 3
32/June Trolley emergency in CT CANON room 0.4
33/June Keyboard in CT CANON control room 1.8
34/June CT Siemens keyboard control room 6
35/June CT Siemens mouse control room 0.4
36/June CT Siemens inside gantry 0.2
38/June RT side edge of CT patient table 0.2
39/June CT Siemens head support 0.6
44/May Keyboard of interventional US 0.4
45/May Touch screen of interventional US 0.2
48/May and June Patient leg support of CT Siemens 0.6/0.2
49/June Linear probe for US general use 1.2
50/June Curve linear probe for US for general use 0.4
52/May and June Table of US for general use in control room 1.8/1.6
54/May and June Small touch screen for US general use 0.2/0.2
55/May and June Patient table tools in US for general use room 0.6/0.4
56/May and June Hand of US machine for general use 0.6/1
57/June Patient head pillow in US for general use room 0.6
58/May Mouse of US for general use in control room 0.6
59/May and June Keyboard in control room of US for general use 1.6/1
60/June RT side of X-ray patient table 0.8
62/June Keyboard in control room of X-ray 0.4
63/June Hand of Carestream portable 0.2
64/June Carestream touch screen portable 0.2
66/May and June LT side of patient table CT CANON 3.6/1.4
67/June Touch screen of injector in CT CANON control room 1.6
72/June Knee coil 0.8
73/June Centre of MRI patient Table 2 1.2
74/May and June RT side of MRI patient Table 2 2.2/1.6
75/May and June LT side of MRI patient Table 2 1.2/4.4
77/May and June Keyboard of X-ray in control room 0.6/5.6
78/June Mouse of X-ray in control room 0.8
79/May and June Patient leg support MRI 1 1.2/0.4
80/May and June Patient leg support MRI 2 0.2/5.4