Table 2.
Contamination of white coats with pathogens and nonpathogens.
| Wards | Work shift | Pathogens | Opportunistic pathogens | Nonpathogens | ||||
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | ||
| Medicine | I | − | + | − | − | + | + | + |
| II | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
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| Surgery | I | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| II | — | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
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| Postoperative | I | − | − | + | − | + | + | + |
| II | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
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| Maternity | I | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| II | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
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| Intensive care | I | + | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| II | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
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| Pediatric | I | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| II | − | — | — | + | + | + | + | |
A = Staphylococcus aureus; B = Escherichia coli; C = Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D = Acinetobacter species; E = coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS); F = Micrococcus species; G = Bacillus species.