Microbes on the Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers in Palestine: Identification, Characterization, and Comparison

Table 3

Comparison of bacterial isolates between hospitals A and B.

	Rafidia Hospital (hospital A)		NNUH (hospital B)
	Percentage (%)	Number	Percentage (%)	Number
Number of samples		100		100
Total number of isolates	—	212	—	223
Contamination	87	-	88	-
Distribution of bacterial isolates
Gram-positive cocci:	92.9	197	95.5	213
Staphylococci species	83.0	176	89.7	200
CoNS	64.2	136	70.4	157
S. aureus	18.9	40	19.3	43
MSSA	17	36	17.9	40
MRSA	1.9	4	1.3	3
Other gram-positive cocci	9.9	21	5.8	13
Gram-positive bacilli:	5.2	11	3.1	7
Non-spore forming	3.8	8	2.2	5
Spore forming	1.4	3	0.9	2
Gram-negative species:	1.9	4	1.3	3
Non-glucose fermenter	1.4	3	0.4	1
Glucose fermenter	0.5	1	0.9	2