[Table/Fig-2]:

Segregation of organisms isolated from the environment by swabbing method.

Organism	Consultant (n=10)	Residents (n=9)	Internee (n=3)	Staff Nurse (n=101)	Support Staff (n=17)	Total (n=140)
Bacillus subtilis	2(20%)	1(11.1%)	0	9(8.9%)	2(11.8%)	14
Micrococci spp	2(20%)	1(11.1%)	0	34(33.7%)	6(35.2%)	43
CONS	0	2(22.2%)	0	1(0.9%)	0	3
MSSA	0	0	0	4(3.9%)	1(5.9%)	5
MRSA	0	0	0	1(0.9%)	0	1
Pseudomonas spp	0	0	0	2(1.9%)	0	2
Acenitobacter spp	0	0	0	3(2.9%)	0	3
Enterobacter spp	0	0	0	0	1(5.9)	1
Klebsiella pneumoniae	0	0	0	1(0.9%)	0	1
Candida spp	0	0	0	0	1(5.9%)	1
Growth	4(40)	4(44.4%)	0	51*(50.5%)	10**(58.8%)	69(49.3%)
NO Growth	6 (60%)	5(55.6%)	3(100%)	50(49.5%)	7(41.2%)	71(50.7%)

*4 samples showed the growth of 2 organisms

** 1 sample showed the growth of 2 organisms