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Table 1 Contact surfaces sampled with electrostatic cloths (■) or sterile swabs (▲) at an equine teaching hospital

From: Molecular epidemiology of environmental MRSA at an equine teaching hospital: introduction, circulation and maintenance

Hospital service

Human contact

Animal contact

Internal medicine (Triage room, Med room, ward, and aisles)

Twitches - handle ■1

Stocks

Computers▲2

Railing

Counter tops & cabinets

Floor, drain & stall mat ■3

Doors

Twitches - chain ▲1

Ultrasound - controls

Ultrasound - probe

Endoscope - controls

Endoscope

Pool A (Triage) ■4

Pool O (Ward) ■5

Intensive care unit (Ward, ICU Radiology, ICU office, and aisles)

Doors

Feed & water buckets ■1

Carts

Foal bed

Charts & files

Foal cart

Computers ▲2

Floor, drain & stall mat ■3

Supply cart

Foal watch mats

Pool B (Aisles) ■4

Pool P (Ward) ■5

Pool C (Aisles) ■6

 

Surgery (Scrub room, Prep room, Surgery suites, Recovery rooms, and Orthopedic ward)

Doors

Stocks

Counter tops & cabinets

Surgery table & mats

Hoist controls

Recovery – mats & floor

Pool D (Suite B) ■4

Pool Q (Ward) ■5

Pool E (Suite C) ■4

 

Pool F (Suite E) ■4

 

Pool G (Ward) ■6

 

Pool H (Scrub R.) ■6

 

Pool I (Prep R.) ■6

 

General areas (Treadmill room, Breezeway, Office/front desk, Isolation stalls, Milk room, LA Radiology and CT room)

Counter tops

Door, wall & floor ■7

Doors

Floor

Counter tops, cabinets & sink ■7

CT table

Pool J (Breezeway) ■8

 

Pool K (Milk R.) ■8

 

Pool L (Treadmill) ■6

 

Pool M (LA radiology) ■6

 
 

Pool N (CT room) ■6

 
  1. 1Three units of this type of equipment were sampled as a pool.
  2. 2Two computers (keyboards and mouse) were sampled as a pool.
  3. 3Surfaces sampled in three stalls as a pool.
  4. 4Pool samples A, B, D, E, and F included: Light switches, phone, oxygen and suction valves, radio, microwave, lamps and medical carts within the same area or room.
  5. 5Pool samples O, P, and Q included: Halters, hay bags, and muzzles (4 of each) within the same ward.
  6. 6Pool samples C, G, H, I, L, M, and N included: Counter tops, cabinets and other contact surfaces within the same area or room.
  7. 7Surfaces sampled from four isolation stalls as a pool.
  8. 8Pool samples J and K included: Light switches, counter tops, computers (keyboards and mouse), phone and doors within the same area or room.