Table 2 Surveillance cultures from environmental samples and healthcare workers
| Environment |
Healthcare workers (n = 39) | Total (n = 387) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Surface of sink, operating room (n = 22) |
Surgical instruments (n = 296) |
Tools for shaving or in the barbershop (n = 30) | |||
| Positive culture (%) | 7 (31.8) | 10 (3.4) | 25 (83.3) | 17 (43.6) | 59 (15.2) |
| S. aureus, n (%) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (5.1) | 4 (1.0) | ||
| CNS, n (%) | 2 (9.1) | 9 (3.1) | 6 (20.0) | 17 (4.4) | |
| Bacillus spp., n (%) | 5 (22.7) | 1 (3.3) | 6 (1.6) | ||
| Enterococcus spp., n (%) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (0.3) | |||
| Micrococcus spp., n (%) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | |||
| Klebsiella spp., n (%) | 14a(35.9) | 14 (3.6) | |||
| Enterobacter spp., n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| Raoultella spp. n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| Escherichia spp. n (%) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (0.3) | |||
| Pseudomonas spp.,, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| S. marcescens, n (%) | 6 (20.0) | 6 (1.6) | |||