Table 1.
Main theatre - frequency of recovery and distribution of microorganism isolated from formites in the operating rooms at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital
| Frequency of occurrence (%) N = 30 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisms | OPL | FL | WL | SK | ST | FC | SC | TR | ANM |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| COAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(100%) | 0 | 0 |
| E. Faecalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. aeruginosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(100%) | 4(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. choleraesius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteus Mirabilis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(16.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteus Vulgaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strept spp. | 4(100%) | 0 | 4(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penicillium | 0 | 2(13.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(28.6%) | 0 |
| B. Circulans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(71.4%) | 0 |
| Micrococcus | 0 | 8(53.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. coli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aspergillus spp. | 0 | 5(33.3%) | 0 | 0 | 6(50.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
OPL: Operation lamp; FL: Floor; WL: Wall; SK: Sink; ST: Suction tube; FC: Forceps; SC: Scissors; TR: Trolley; ANM: Anaesthetic machine