Radiology Department: A Potential Source of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Hospital, Palestine

Table 3

Sites contaminated with bacteria that can grow on MSA agar during two months.

Sample number/month	Sample source	Mannitol salt agar (CFUs/cm^2)
4/May and June	Head pillow of CT CANON	0.2/0.4
5/June	RT side of patient table CT CANON	0.2
6/May and June	Centre of patient table CT CANON	1.6/4
7/May	Head coil MRI 1	0.2
11/June	Keyboard of CT CANON	3.4
14/May	LT side gantry control panel CT CANON	0.2
15/June	Primax X-ray portable touch screen	4
24/May and June	Table of prep medication in X-ray room	0.2/0.2
25/May and June	Keyboard of US for general use	1/1.4
26/May	Patient table of US for general use	0.2
27/June	Ear plugs of MRI	0.8
29/June	MRI surface coil 1	0.2
30/May	RT side of MRI patient table	2.2
31/June	LT side of MRI patient Table 1	3
32/June	Trolley emergency in CT CANON room	0.4
33/June	Keyboard in CT CANON control room	1.8
34/June	CT Siemens keyboard control room	6
35/June	CT Siemens mouse control room	0.4
36/June	CT Siemens inside gantry	0.2
38/June	RT side edge of CT patient table	0.2
39/June	CT Siemens head support	0.6
44/May	Keyboard of interventional US	0.4
45/May	Touch screen of interventional US	0.2
48/May and June	Patient leg support of CT Siemens	0.6/0.2
49/June	Linear probe for US general use	1.2
50/June	Curve linear probe for US for general use	0.4
52/May and June	Table of US for general use in control room	1.8/1.6
54/May and June	Small touch screen for US general use	0.2/0.2
55/May and June	Patient table tools in US for general use room	0.6/0.4
56/May and June	Hand of US machine for general use	0.6/1
57/June	Patient head pillow in US for general use room	0.6
58/May	Mouse of US for general use in control room	0.6
59/May and June	Keyboard in control room of US for general use	1.6/1
60/June	RT side of X-ray patient table	0.8
62/June	Keyboard in control room of X-ray	0.4
63/June	Hand of Carestream portable	0.2
64/June	Carestream touch screen portable	0.2
66/May and June	LT side of patient table CT CANON	3.6/1.4
67/June	Touch screen of injector in CT CANON control room	1.6
72/June	Knee coil	0.8
73/June	Centre of MRI patient Table 2	1.2
74/May and June	RT side of MRI patient Table 2	2.2/1.6
75/May and June	LT side of MRI patient Table 2	1.2/4.4
77/May and June	Keyboard of X-ray in control room	0.6/5.6
78/June	Mouse of X-ray in control room	0.8
79/May and June	Patient leg support MRI 1	1.2/0.4
80/May and June	Patient leg support MRI 2	0.2/5.4