Table 2.
Culture results for environmental swab samples
| Date | Plate type | Total Plates | % Growth1 | Organisms detected2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2005 | Nutrient | 6 | 66.7 | N/A |
| Blood | 4 | 75.0 | N/A | |
| 6-Oct-2005 | Nutrient | 12 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Blood | 12 | 33.3 | N/A | |
| 14-Oct-2005 | Nutrient | 14 | 16.7 | N/A |
| Blood | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| 21-Oct-2005 | Nutrient | 24 | 79.2 | Bacillus sp (Bacillus M7) |
| Blood | 0 | 0.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M11) | |
| 28-Oct-2005 | Nutrient | 10 | 80.0 | N/A |
| Blood | 6 | 83.3 | N/A | |
| 3-Nov-2005 | Nutrient | 13 | 84.6 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7) |
| Blood | 12 | 83.3 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M11) | |
| 15-Nov-2005 | Nutrient | 22 | 81.8 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7) |
| Blood | 16 | 56.3 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M3, M11, 14) | |
| 18-Jan-2006 | Nutrient | 16 | 56.3 | N/A |
| Blood | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| 25-Jan-2006 | Nutrient | 16 | 68.8 | N/A |
| Blood | 16 | 75.0 | N/A | |
| 3-Feb-2006 | Nutrient | 12 | 75.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M7, M10), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M1) |
| Blood | 16 | 81.3 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M2, M3, M14), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Moraxella sp. (Morax. M1), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Brevibacillus sp. (Brevi. M1a) | |
| 15-Feb-2006 | Nutrient | 10 | 90.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M10), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M3) |
| Blood | 10 | 80.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1), Microbacterium sp. (Microbac. M1) | |
| 1-Mar-2006 | Nutrient | 10 | 70.0 | Pseudomonas sp. (Pseudo. M1), Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph M3) |
| Blood | 10 | 60.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M5, M9, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2) | |
| 8-Mar-2006 | Nutrient | 20 | 85.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M3), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
| Blood | 20 | 90.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Moraxella sp. (Morax. M1) | |
| 29-Mar-2006 | Nutrient | 16 | 50.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (M1), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
| Blood | 16 | 50.0 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M5a, M11, M13), Staphylococcus sp. (M2) | |
| 5-Apr-2006 | Nutrient | 12 | 41.7 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7, M12), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M1, M3), Acinetobacter sp. (Acinet. M1) |
| Blood | 12 | 58.3 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M8, M11, M14), Staphylococcus sp. (M2, M3) | |
| 12-Apr-2006 | Nutrient | 16 | 37.5 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7, M12), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Pseudomonas sp. (Pseudo. M1), Exiguobacterium sp. (Exiguobac. M1) |
| Blood | 16 | 43.8 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M2, M8, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1a), Exiguobacterium sp. (Exiguobac. M1) | |
| 19-Apr-2006 | Nutrient | 16 | 43.8 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M10, M12), Acinetobacter sp. (Acinet. M1), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
| Blood | 16 | 81.3 | Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, 2, M15), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Microbacterium sp. (Microbac. M1a) |
1 Percentage of plates with microbial growth
2 Observed morphologies (see Table 1); N/A = Not Available for that sampling day.