Research Article
A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Duodenoscope Reprocessing Surveillance Methods
Table 1
CDC and UWHC duodenoscope culture results summary.
| | | CDC | UWHC |
| | Total sampling events, n (no. of cultures) | 129 (258) | 119 (357) | | Contaminated duodenoscopes, n (%) | 11 (8.53) | 18 (15.13) | | Total bacterial isolates recovered | 15 | 20 | | Identified isolate classifications (n) | CNS (8) | CNS (12) | | Bacillus (3) | Bacillus (6) | | Micrococcus (1) | Micrococcus (1) | | E. coli (1) | Sphingomonas (1) | | MSSA (2) | |
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