Assessment of Airborne Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Selected Areas of Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Figure 1

Levels of total airborne microbes in studied sites observed during all four sampling time periods (in cells/m²). Data represents the mean of triplicates/three rounds of sampling in each time period with standard deviation. OPD: Outpatients Department, RF: respiratory female ward, RM: respiratory male ward, RO: respiratory diseases unit doctors’ staff room, RB: Respiratory Bronchoscopy Unit, TH: Operating Theatre in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Surgical ICU: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and CON: Control.