TABLE 2.

Average S_ABs for patients and staff of select hospitals compared with that of control isolates

Hospital(s)	Group	No. of isolates	Avg SAB
A, B, C, D	PATa	30	0.72 ± 0.10
	HCW	42	0.73 ± 0.11
A	PAT, HCW	13	0.83 ± 0.08
	PAT	6	0.76 ± 0.11
	HCW	7	0.84 ± 0.05
	HCW (NICU)	5	0.85 ± 0.05
	HCW (SICU)	2	0.80 ± 0.00
B	PAT, HCW	19	0.71 ± 0.10
	PAT	8	0.71 ± 0.10
	HCW	11	0.71 ± 0.11
	HCW (NICU)	3	0.79 ± 0.01
	HCW (SICU)	8	0.71 ± 0.12
C	PAT, HCW	8	0.73 ± 0.11
	PAT	3	0.75 ± 0.13
	HCW	6	0.77 ± 0.06
	HCW (NICU)	4	0.65 ± 0.10
	HCW (SICU)	2	0.79 ± 0.00
D	PAT, HCW	31	0.73 ± 0.12
	PAT	11	0.69 ± 0.11
	HCW	20	0.72 ± 0.10
	HCW (NICU)	12	0.71 ± 0.11
	HCW (SICU)	8	0.74 ± 0.11
29 hospitals (control)	PAT	29	0.72 ± 0.10

^aPAT, patients.