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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
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