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Table 3 Percentage (No. of positive samples/total samples in each ward) of A. baumannii positive environmental samples in different hospital wards

From: Detection of antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in various hospital environments: potential sources for transmission of Acinetobacter infections

 

Hospital A

Hospital B

Hospital C

Hospital D

 

Location

ICU

OT

SW

IM

ICU

OT

SW

IM

ICU

OT

SW

IM

ICU

OT

SW

IM

Total

Air sample

25% (1/4)

ND

25% (1/4)

25% (1/4)

25% (1/4)

ND

ND

50% (2/4)

25% (1/4)

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

11% (7/64)

Surface sample

67% (2/3)

-

33% (1/3)

ND

100% (3/3)

-

ND

ND

ND

-

ND

ND

ND

-

ND

25% (1/4)

17% (7/42)

Water sample

ND

-

ND

ND

ND

-

25% (1/4)

ND

ND

-

ND

ND

ND

-

ND

ND

2% (1/42)

  1. ICU intensive care unit, OT operating theatre, SW surgery ward, IM internal medicine ward, ND not detected