Table 2.
Association between Patient Hand Colonization and Environmental Contamination with MDROs (all visits)
| Patient Environment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total | ||
| MRSA Colonization | ||||
| Positive | 145 (83.3) | 29 (16.7) | 174 | <.001 |
| Negative | 284 (19.9) | 1147 (80.2) | 1431 | |
| Total | 429 | 1176 | 1605a | |
| VRE Colonization | ||||
| Positive | 202 (92.7) | 16 (7.3) | 218 | <.001 |
| Negative | 523 (37.7) | 866 (62.4) | 1389 | |
| Total | 725 | 882 | 1607 | |
| RGNB Colonization | ||||
| Positive | 57 (62.6) | 34 (37.4) | 91 | .01 |
| Negative | 445 (29.4) | 1071 (70.7) | 1516 | |
| Total | 502 | 1105 | 1607 | |
a
Results were inconclusive for MRSA colonization in two hand samples.