Hospital-Based Air-Borne and Surface-Borne Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Profiles in Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Frequency of bacterial isolates from surface of ICU at WSUCH, Wolaita Sodo Ethiopia, 2021.

Source of specimens	Type of bacterial isolated
	S. aureus n = 21	P. aeruginosa n = 15	E. coli n = 4	Klebsiella spp. n = 8	Total n = 48
Door handles	3 (14.2%)	3 (20%)	—	1 (12.5%)	7 (14.5%)
Walls	3 (14.2%)	2 (13.3%	1 (25%)	—	6 (12.5%)
Floor	2 (9.5%)	2 (13.3%)	—	1 (12.5%)	5 (10.4%)
Window handles	1 (4.7%)	1 (6.6%)	—	1 (12.5%)	3 (6.25%)
Patient bed surfaces	4 (19.04%)	1 (6.6%)	1 (25%)	2 (25%)	8 (16.6%)
Catheters	—	1 (6.6%)	1 (25%)	—	2 (4.1%)
Light switches	1 (4.75%)	—	—	—	1 (2.08%)
Chair	2 (9.5%)	1 (6.6%)	1 (25%)	1 (12.5%)	5 (10.4%)
Ward sinks	2 (9.5%)	3 (20%)	—	1 (12.5%)	6 (12.5%)
Bed sheets	3 (14.2%)	1 (6.6%)	—	1 (12.5%)	5 (10.4%)