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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Epidemiol. 2012 Dec;4(10):311–315. doi: 10.5897/JPHE12.074

Table 2.

Identification of 3 most predominant organisms and presence/absence of MRSA and VRE.

Sample ID Organism identification MRSA Presence/absence
(Primary isolation)		 VRE Presence/absence
(Primary isolation)
Day Shift Scrubs-1 (D-1) Bacillus sp. (45%); Micrococcus luteus (35%) Absent Absent
Day Shift Scrubs-2 (D-2) Bacillus sp. (50%); Micrococcus luteus (40%) Present Absent
Day Shift Scrubs-3 (D-3) Bacillus sp. (25%); Micrococcus luteus (70%) Present Absent
Day Shift Scrubs-4 (D-4) Micrococcus luteus (65%); Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA negative) (35%) Present Absent
Day Shift Scrubs-5 (D-5) Micrococcus luteus (35%); Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA negative) (20%);
Staphylococcus epidermidis (25%)		 Present Absent
Night Shift Scrubs-1 (N-1) Bacillus sp. (75%); Micrococcus luteus (10); Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA
negative) (10%)		 Present Absent
Night Shift Scrubs-2 (N-2) Bacillus sp. (60%); Micrococcus luteus (15%)
Micrococcus sp. (10%); Staphylococcus epidermidis (10%)		 Present Absent
Night Shift Scrubs-3 (N-3) Bacillus sp. (35%); Micrococcus luteus (25%); Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA
negative) (25%)		 Present Absent
Night Shift Scrubs-4 (N-4) Bacillus sp. (20%); Micrococcus luteus (70%) Absent Absent
Night Shift Scrubs-5 (N-5) Bacillus sp. (75%); Micrococcus roseus (15%) Absent Absent
Control 1 (C1) No growth observed N/A N/A
Media Blank (MB-Peptone) No growth observed N/A N/A
HPC Agar Blank No growth observed N/A N/A