Table 2.
Total number of screened equipment and surfaces and organisms detected at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, 2017.
| Type and number of screened object | Type of organism detected | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.