Research Article
Contribution of Medical Wards Contamination to Wound Infection among Patients Attending Ruhengeri Referral Hospital
Table 1
Numbers and frequency of bacteria isolates in the different wards of hospital.
| | Types of specimens collected and number of isolates | Surveyed clinics | Airborne sampling by agar plates sedimentation | Patients’ wound swabs | Surface samples swabs (blanket, door, backet) | Isolated G+ve bacteria | Isolated G−ve bacteria |
| Surgery | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 (35.19) | 42 (64.26) | ICU | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 (16.83) | 19 (29.07) | Pediatric | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 (30.6) | 38 (58.52) |
| Total isolates | | | | 153 |
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