Table 2. Number of microorganism types identified from the side-view endoscopes before and after manual reprocessing.
| Microorganisms identified |
Before reprocessing | After reprocessing | ||||
| Swabs | Swabs | Normal saline Sample | ||||
| Direct | Enriched | Direct | Enriched | Total | Total | |
| Streptococcus spp. | 28 | 28 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 18 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Escherichia spp. | 31 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Klebsiella spp. | 36 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Serretia spp. | 4 | 6 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Proteus spp. | 6 | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 19 | 21 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Candida spp. | 10 | 6 | – | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Citrobacter spp. | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Yersinia spp. | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Enterobacter spp. | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 176 | 165 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 |