Bacterial Contamination of Clothes and Environmental Items in a Third-Level Hospital in Colombia
Table 2
Distribution of bacterial isolates from curtains.
Potentially clinically relevant microorganisms
Potentially clinically irrelevant microorganisms
Type of surface
Number of samples per Hospital area
Number of Isolates
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus sp.*
Meticillin-sensible Staphylococcus sp.+
Gram-negative rods†
Bacillus sp.
%
%
%
%
Curtains ()
Emergency room ()
13
4
30,8
6
46,1
1
7,7
2
15,3
Adult surgical ICU ()
8
4
50
3
37,5
0
0
1
12,5
Adult medical ICU ()
2
1
50
1
50
0
0
0
0
Adult special care unit ()
14
3
21,4
4
28,5
1
7,1
6
42,8
Internal medicine ward ()
22
6
27,2
7
31,8
6
27,2
3
13,6
Overall
59
18
30,5
21
35,5
8
13,5
12
20,3
S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. cohnii, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis. +S. epidermidis, S. aureus, S. cohnii, S. hominis, S. haemolyticus, S. warneri, S. sciuri, S. saprophyticus. †Acinetobacter ursingii, Pantoea agglomerans, Moraxella sp., Pseudomonas oryzihabitans AMP-C producer, Sphingomonas paucimobilis, Pasteurella multocida.
