Table 2.

Overall growth and growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from samples collected from surfaces.

Surface	Shelter			Control
	Growth on TSAa	HardyChrom™ colonies	MRSA+b	Growth on TSA	HardyChrom™ colonies	MRSA+b
Stair rail	+++	4	0	++	0	0
Light switch	+	0	0	++	0	0
Refrigerator handle	++++	0	0	+++	3	0
Telephone	++	2	0	++	0	0
TV remote	++	2	0	+	1	0
Door handle	++	0	0	+	0	0
Chair handle	++	0	0	+	0	0
Toilet flush button	++	0	0	+++	4	0
Keyboard	+++	3	0	++	0	0
Computer mouse	+	0	0	++	0	0

^aTSA, tryptic soy agar media.

^bColonies confirmed to be MRSA via further testing as described in Section “Materials and Methods.”