Table 3.
Alpha diversity indexes from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) room and fecal samples
| Infant | Shannon | Simpson | Chao 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Surfaces | 8.42848 | 8.76498 | 0.997065 | 0.997677 | 42,978.9 | 47,467.2 |
| Electronics | 8.36375 | 8.27527 | 0.996905 | 0.996620 | 45,519.9 | 33,602.8 |
| Incubators | 8.11070 | 8.76042 | 0.996291 | 0.997674 | 30,216.9 | 76,196.9 |
| Sinks | 8.29052 | 8.82959 | 0.996676 | 0.997687 | 41,104.6 | 96,694.1 |
| Hands | 7.56186 | 8.60501 | 0.993397 | 0.997322 | 27,708.1 | 89,233.5 |
| Tubes | 5.06097 | 5.20681 | 0.961848 | 0.963895 | 1,756.60 | 1,828.00 |
| Fecal | 1.71097 | 2.10295 | 0.640741 | 0.747619 | 9.70000 | 13.7000 |