TABLE 4.
Distribution of selected microorganisms isolated from standard and silver-coated needleless connectors
| Organism | No. (%) of devices colonizeda |
|
|---|---|---|
| Standard NCs (n = 17) | Silver-coated NCs (n = 29) | |
| CONSb | 12 (71) | 16 (55) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 8 (47) | 14 (48) |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 2 (12) | 5 (17) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 3 (10) |
| Enterococcus faecium | 1 (5.9) | 0 |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 2 (12) | 3 (10) |
| Escherichia coli | 0 | 2 (6.9) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 2 (6.9) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 0 | 1 (3.4) |
| Ralstonia pickettii | 3 (18) | 0 |
| Candida albicans | 2 (12) | 3 (10) |
| Candida spp. | 3 (18) | 6 (21) |
a
The values represent the numbers of devices for which the organisms recovered were isolated and identified.
b
CONS, coagulase-negative staphylococci.