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

Table 2

Distribution of bacterial isolates in surfaces over operation theater ward, WSUCH, Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.

Source of specimens	Type of bacterial isolated
	S. aureus n = 17	P. aeruginosa n = 12	E. coli n = 6	K. pneumoniae n = 11	Total n = 46
Door handles	3 (17.6%)	2 (16.6%)	1 (16.6%)	1 (9.09%)	7 (15.2%)
Floors	2 (11.7%)	1 (8.3%)	1 (16.6%)	2 (18.1%)	6 (13.04%)
Window handles	1 ( (5.8%)	—	—	1 (9.09%)	2 (4.3%)
Patient bed surfaces	3 (17.6%)	2 (16.6%)	1 (16.6%)	1 (9.09%)	7 (15.2%)
Chair	2 (11.7%)	1 (8.3%)	—	1 (9.09%)	4 (8.69%)
Bed sheets	2 (11; 7%)	2 (16.6%)	—	1 (9.09%)	5 (10.86%)
Light switches	—	—	—	—	—
Walls	3 (17.6%)	2 (16.6%)	1 (16.6%)	2 (18.1%)	8 (17.39%)
Catheters	—	—	1 (16.6%)	1 (9.09%)	2 (4.3%)
Ward sinks	1 (5.8%)	2 (16.6%)	1 (16.6%)	1 (9.09%)	5 (10.86%)
Total	17 (100%)	12 (100%)	6 (100%))	11 (100%)	46 (100%)