. 2014 Mar 19;45(1):31. doi: 10.1186/1297-9716-45-31

Table 1.

Contact surfaces sampled with electrostatic cloths (■) or sterile swabs (▲) at an equine teaching hospital

Hospital service	Human contact	Animal contact
*Internal medicine* (Triage room, Med room, ward, and aisles)	Twitches - handle ^■1	Stocks ^■
	Computers^▲2	Railing ^■
	Counter tops & cabinets ^■	Floor, drain & stall mat ^■3
	Doors ^■	Twitches - chain ^▲1
	Ultrasound - controls ^▲	Ultrasound - probe ^▲
	Endoscope - controls ^■	Endoscope ^■
	Pool A (Triage) ^■4	Pool O (Ward) ^■5
*Intensive care unit* (Ward, ICU Radiology, ICU office, and aisles)	Doors ^■	Feed & water buckets ^■1
	Carts ^■	Foal bed ^■
	Charts & files ^■	Foal cart ^■
	Computers ^▲2	Floor, drain & stall mat ^■3
	Supply cart ^■	Foal watch mats ^■
	Pool B (Aisles) ^■4	Pool P (Ward) ^■5
	Pool C (Aisles) ^■6
*Surgery* (Scrub room, Prep room, Surgery suites, Recovery rooms, and Orthopedic ward)	Doors ^■	Stocks ^■
	Counter tops & cabinets ^■	Surgery table & mats ^■
	Hoist controls ^▲	Recovery – mats & floor ^■
	Pool D (Suite B) ^■4	Pool Q (Ward) ^■5
	Pool E (Suite C) ^■4
	Pool F (Suite E) ^■4
	Pool G (Ward) ^■6
	Pool H (Scrub R.) ^■6
	Pool I (Prep R.) ^■6
*General areas* (Treadmill room, Breezeway, Office/front desk, Isolation stalls, Milk room, LA Radiology and CT room)	Counter tops ^■	Door, wall & floor ^■7
	Doors ^■	Floor ^■
	Counter tops, cabinets & sink ^■7	CT table ^■
	Pool J (Breezeway) ^■8
	Pool K (Milk R.) ^■8
	Pool L (Treadmill) ^■6
	Pool M (LA radiology) ^■6
	Pool N (CT room) ^■6

¹Three units of this type of equipment were sampled as a pool.

²Two computers (keyboards and mouse) were sampled as a pool.

³Surfaces sampled in three stalls as a pool.

⁴Pool samples A, B, D, E, and F included: Light switches, phone, oxygen and suction valves, radio, microwave, lamps and medical carts within the same area or room.

⁵Pool samples O, P, and Q included: Halters, hay bags, and muzzles (4 of each) within the same ward.

⁶Pool samples C, G, H, I, L, M, and N included: Counter tops, cabinets and other contact surfaces within the same area or room.

⁷Surfaces sampled from four isolation stalls as a pool.

⁸Pool samples J and K included: Light switches, counter tops, computers (keyboards and mouse), phone and doors within the same area or room.