Table 2.
Frequency of different isolated microorganisms in each site of the vehicles
| Site | Potentially pathogenic bacteria
|
Non pathogenic bacteria
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus spp. | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Escherichia coli | Proteus spp. | Citrobacter spp. | Corynebacterium spp. | Bacillus spp. | Micrococcus spp. | |
| Carrying handle of cart | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Sidebar of cart | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bed | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| DC shock apparatus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Stethoscope | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cervical collar | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Inside wall of the vehicle | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Chair | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| Portable ventilator | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Blood pressure cuff | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| Monitor | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| Door grip | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Oxygen humidifier glass | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Suction device | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Headboard of patient stretcher | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Steering wheel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sum | 184/286 (64.3%) | 49/286 (17.1%) | 40/286 (13.9%) | 6/286 (2.1%) | 7/286 (2.5%) | 51/303 (16.8%) | 221/303 (73%) | 31/303 (10.2%) |