Table 1 Bacterial growth from mobile phones belonging to different wards/units
Wards/units | No. of samples | No. of growth (%) | Total no. | Organisms isolated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isolates | GNB’s | GPC’s/GPB | ||||
Microbiology unit | 05 | 02 (40.00) | 02 | 01 | 01 | 1 Sphingomonas paucimobilis, 1 Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) |
Blood bank unit | 04 | 01 (25.00) | 01 | 00 | 01 | 1 Staphylococcus cohnii |
Pathology unit | 09 | 01 (11.11) | 01 | 00 | 01 | 1 Staphylococcus arlettae |
Medical ward | 11 | 06 (54.54) | 07 | 02 | 05 | 3 Staphylococcus hemolyticus, 2 Enterobacter cloacae, 1 Staphylococcus cohnii and 1 Alloiococcus otitis |
ENT ward | 11 | 08 (72.72) | 13 | 03 | 10 | 2 Staphylococcus warneri, 2 Staphylococcus hominis, 1 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 2 Staphylococcus saprophyticus, 1 Acinetobacter lwoffii, 1 Pantoea spp., 1 Kocuria kristinae, 1 Acinetobacter hemolyticus, 1 Staphylococcus sciuri and 1 Staphylococcus hemolyticus |
K ward | 04 | 01 (25.00) | 01 | 00 | 01 | 1 Staphylococcus xylosus |
Gynaecology ward | 32 | 18 (56.25) | 20 | 13 | 07 | 4 Acinetobacter baumanii, 1 Enterobacter cloacae, 4 Staphylococcus hominis, 2 Acinetobacter lwoffii, 2 Moraxella group, 1 Sphingomonas paucimobilis, 1 Staphylococcus aureus, 1 Pantoea spp., 1 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 1 Erysipelothrix rhushiopathiae and 1 E.coli |
Surgical ward | 15 | 05 (33.33) | 07 | 05 | 02 | 2 Escheriachia coli, 1 Acinetobacter baumanii, 1 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 1 Enterococcus spp. and 1 Oligella ureolytica |
Orthopaedic ward | 09 | 05 (55.55) | 05 | 05 | 00 | 2 Acinetobacter lwoffii, 1 Acinetobacter baumanii, 1 Enterobacter cloacae and 1 Aeromonas salmonicida |