Bacterial Contamination of Clothes and Environmental Items in a Third-Level Hospital in Colombia
Table 4
Distribution of bacterial isolates from white coats.
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.
%
%
%
%
White coats ()
General ()
9
0
0
5
55,5
1
11,1
3
33,3
Internal medicine ()
19
1
5,2
11
57,9
1
5,2
6
31,5
Clinical resident ()
7
2
28,5
4
57
0
0
1
14,2
Surgery ()
7
1
14,2
5
71
0
0
1
14,2
Surgery resident ()
5
1
20
2
40
2
40
0
0
Medical student ()
3
0
0
2
66,6
0
0
1
33,3
Nutritionist ()
2
0
0
1
50
0
0
1
50
Overall
52
5
9,6
30
57,7
4
7,7
13
25
S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus. S. hominis. +S. capitis, S. aureus, S. warneri, S. epidermidis. †Pseudomonas oryzihabitans AMP-C producer, Moraxella sp.
