Table 2.

Detection of S. capitis NRCS-A on 9 locations of 16 incubators, before and after a disinfection procedure using disinfectant immersion bath

		N° of incubator
	Sites of sampling	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Before disinfection	Button “alarm off”	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	+
	Handle 1	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–
	Handle 2	+	–	+	+	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+
	Handle 3	–	–	–	+	+	–	+	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
	Handle 4	+	–	–	+	–	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	–
	Window	–	+	–	–	+	–	+	–	+	–	+	–	–	–	+	+
	Interstices around the scale	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	–	+
	Underside of the scale	+	–	+	–	+	+	–	–	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	–
	Mattress	+	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	+
	Total positive samples (n)	6	2	3	5	5	3	6	3	5	2	2	5	5	2	3	6
After disinfection	Button “alarm off”	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Handle 1	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Handle 2	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Handle 3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Handle 4	+	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Window	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Interstices around the scale	+	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	–	–	–
	Underside of the scale	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Mattress	–	–	+	–	–	–	+	+	–	+	–	–	+	–	–	+
	Total positive samples (n)	2	0	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1