Table 2 Microbial load (CFU) on medical equipment item
Medical equipment item (number of items) | TNTC | 101–340 | 11–100 | 1–10 | No growth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
Clothes (4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mobile phone (11) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Pen (14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Stethoscope (34) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
Scissors (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Safety glasses (7) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Glasses (5) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Pen light (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Other (8) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Total (93) | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 5 | 50 |
% | 17.2 | 1.1** | 7.5 | 1.1* | 39.8 | 5.4*** | 30.1 | 38.7 | 5.4 | 53.8 |