Research Article
Assessment of Airborne Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Selected Areas of Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Table 2
Levels of culturable airborne microbial load in each sampling site (cfu × 104/m2).
| Sampling Sites | 9.00 am–10.00 am | 12.00 noon–1.00 pm | 2.00 pm–3.00 pm | 5.00 pm–6.00 pm | Mean value in each site ± SD (whole sampling period) |
| Outpatients Department | 8.46 | 10.8 | 7.82 | 7.91 | 8.76 ± 1.41 | Respiratory Diseases Unit–Female Ward | 3.77 | 3.58 | 2.99 | 1.83 | 3.04 ± 0.87 | Respiratory Diseases Unit–Male Ward | 1.84 | 3.47 | 1.53 | 2.64 | 2.37 ± 0.87 | Respiratory Diseases Unit–Staff Room | 0.607 | 1.32 | 0.553 | 0.456 | 0.73 ± 0.39 | Respiratory Diseases Unit–Bronchoscopy Unit | 1.66 | 2.16 | 0.684 | 0.243 | 1.19 ± 0.88 | Operating Theatre in Obstetrics/Gynecology Department | 0.505 | 1.42 | 1.37 | 1.66 | 1.24 ± 0.50 | Surgical Intensive Care Unit | 0.263 | 1.78 | 0.351 | 0.251 | 0.66 ± 0.74 | Control | 0.363 | 0.398 | 0.874 | 0.909 | 0.63 ± 0.29 |
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