Table 2.
Type and number of screened object | Type of organism detected | Total | ||||||
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CoNS | E. coli | Klebsiella | Proteus | P. aeruginosa | Serratia | S. aureus | ||
Door handle (52) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 13 |
Floor (27) | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
Bed surface (34) | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Wall (21) | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
Stethoscope (20) | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
Thermometer (7) | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
Table top (27) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Window handle (13) | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
Total = 201 | 17 (19.3) | 14 (15.9) | 13 (14.8) | 9 (10.2) | 10 (11.4) | 6 (6.8) | 19 (21.6) | 88 |
-, no detection of specified organism in that particular object.