Bacterial Contamination of Clothes and Environmental Items in a Third-Level Hospital in Colombia
Table 3
Distribution of bacterial isolates from cell phones.
Potentially clinically relevant microorganisms
Potentially clinically irrelevant microorganisms
Type of surface
Number of samples per doctor specialty
Number of Isolates
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus sp.*
Meticillin-sensible Staphylococcus sp.+
Gram-negative rods†
Bacillus sp.
%
%
%
%
Cell phones ()
General ()
11
2
18,1
8
72,7
1
9,1
0
0
Internal medicine ()
9
2
22,2
5
55,5
1
11,1
1
11,1
Clinical resident ()
9
3
33,3
4
44,4
1
11,1
1
11,1
Surgery ()
6
3
50
3
50
0
0
0
0
Surgery resident ()
4
1
25
2
50
0
0
1
25
Medical student ()
15
0
0
9
60
2
13,3
4
26,6
Nurse ()
1
0
0
1
100
0
0
0
0
Nutritionist ()
3
0
0
3
100
0
0
0
0
Overall
58
11
19
35
60,3
5
8,6
7
12
S. epidermidis, S. cohnii, S. hominis, S. haemolyticus. +S. epidermidis, S. aureus, S. haemolyticus, S. hominis, S. warneri, S. chromogenes. †Acinetobacterlwoffii, Pantoea agglomerans, Aeromonas salmonicida, Sphingomonas paucimobilis.
