Table 2 Relationship between bacterial isolate numbers and different parameters
No. of bacterial isolates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | No growth | Growth per mobile phonea | Total no. of isolatesb | p value | OR | CI |
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 17 (53.12) | 15 (46.88) | 19 (33.33) | 0.680 | 1.194 | 0.515–2.769 |
Female | 38 (55.88) | 30 (44.12) | 38 (66.67) | |||
Occupation | ||||||
HCW | 26 (76.47) | 08 (23.53) | 10 (17.54) | 0.001 | 4.694 | 1.848–11.922 |
Non-HCW | 27 (40.90) | 39 (59.10) | 47 (82.46) | |||
Mobile cleaning | ||||||
Yes | 13 (56.52) | 10 (43.48) | 15 (26.32) | Reference | 3.756 | 1.240–11.373 |
Never | 39 (50.65) | 38 (49.35) | 42 (73.68) | 0.019 | ||
Use of mobile in the toilet | ||||||
Never | 09 (50.00) | 09 (50.00) | 11 (19.30) | Reference | 1.202 | 0.471–3.072 |
Yes | 43 (52.44) | 39 (47.56) | 46 (80.70) | 0.700 | ||
Wards/Units | ||||||
Surgical ward | 10 (66.67) | 05 (33.33) | 07 (12.28) | Reference | ||
Pathology unit | 08 (88.89) | 01 (11.11) | 01 (1.75) | 0.246 | 0.250 | 0.024–2.594 |
Microbiology unit | 03 (60.00) | 02 (40.00) | 02 (3.51) | 0.787 | 1.333 | 0.165–10.743 |
Blood bank unit | 03 (75.00) | 01 (25.00) | 01 (1.75) | 0.751 | 0.667 | 0.054–8.161 |
Medical ward | 05 (45.45) | 06 (54.55) | 07 (12.28) | 0.284 | 2.400 | 0.484–11.891 |
ENT ward | 03 (27.27) | 08 (72.73) | 13 (22.81) | 0.055 | 5.333 | 0.968–29.393 |
K ward | 03 (75.00) | 01 (25.00) | 01 (1.75) | 0.751 | 0.667 | 0.054–8.161 |
Gynaecology ward | 14 (43.75) | 18 (56.25) | 20 (35.10) | 0.148 | 2.571 | 0.714–9.255 |
Orthopaedic ward | 04 (44.44) | 05 (55.56) | 05 (8.77) | 0.290 | 2.500 | 0.458–13.649 |