Table 2 Prevalence of Bacterial Isolates identified in samples collected from the three points-of-contact for the medical equipment tested and the departments in which they were used. n represents total number of swabs in category
| Â | Point of Contact | Department | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacterial microorganism | Hard to Reach (n = 65) | User (n = 65) | Patient (n = 62) | Neonatal (n = 105) | Theatre (n = 72) | Imaging (n = 15) | Frequency of Isolated Bacteria (n = 116) |
No Bacterial growth | 29 (44.6%) | 22 (33.8%) | 25 (40.3%) | 28 (26.7%) | 42 (58.3%) | 6 (40%) | Â |
Gram negative species | |||||||
 Escherichia coli | 3 (4.6%) | 7 (10.8%) | 5 (8.0%) | 11 (10.5%) | 4 (5.6%) |  | 15 (12.9%) |
 Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (1.5%) | 2 (3.1%) | 4 (6.4%) | 5 (4.8%) | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (6.7%) | 7 (6.0%) |
 Enterobacter species | 2 (3.1%) | 5 (7.7%) |  | 6 (5.7%) | 1 (1.4%) |  | 7 (6.0%) |
 P. aeruginosa | 2 (3.1%) |  | 1 (1.6%) | 2 (1.9%) | 1 (1.4%) |  | 3 (2.6%) |
Gram positive species | |||||||
 Bacillus species | 20 (30.8%) | 23 (35.4%) | 18 (29.0%) | 35 (33.3%) | 20 (27.8%) | 6 (40%) | 61 (52.6%) |
 Coagulase neg. Staph. | 8 (12.3%) | 4 (6.2%) | 5 (8.0%) | 13 (12.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 2 (13.3%) | 17 (14.7%) |
 Staphylococcus aureus |  | 1 (1.5%) | 2 (3.2%) | 2 (1.9%) | 1 (1.4%) |  | 3 (2.6%) |
 Micrococcus species |  | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (1.6%) | 2 (1.9%) |  |  | 2 (1.7%) |
 Enterococcus species |  |  | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (0.9%) |  |  | 1 (0.9%) |