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Table 3 The proportion of bacterial isolates at UoGCSH from December 2020 to March 2021

From: Bacterial profile of high-touch surfaces, leftover drugs and antiseptics together with their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Isolated bacteria, n (%)

Sampling points

CoNS

S. aureus

Enterococcus species

Streptococcus species

Bacillus species

P. aeruginosa

Klebsiella species

A. baumannii

E. cloacae

P. stuartii

B. cepacia

Total n (%)

Bed sheet

19 (43.2)

6 (40)

2 (22.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (38.5)

1 (9.1)

2 (22.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

36 (31.6)

Bed side table

14 (31.8)

8 (53.3)

5 (55.6)

1(20)

0 (0)

5 (38.5)

1 (9.1)

0

3 (75)

0 (0)

0 (0)

37 (32.5)

Sink

3 (6.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (40)

0 (0)

3 (23.1)

9 (81.8)

5 (55.6)

1 (25)

2 (100)

0 (0)

25 (21.9)

Door handles

5 (11.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (20)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (5.3)

Blood culture table

1 (2.3)

1 (6.7)

2 (22.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (3.5)

80% ethanol

1 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (22.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (3.5)

Leftover drugs

1 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (20)

0

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1.8)

Total

44

15

9

5

1

13

11

9

4

2

1

114

  1. CoNS coagulase negative Staphylococci