Table 4 Overall prevalence of MRSA contamination distributed by services at an equine teaching hospital
Service | Human contact MRSA/samples collected | Animal contact MRSA/samples collected | Total contact MRSA/samples collected |
|---|---|---|---|
Internal medicine | 5/84 (6.0%) | 5/103 (4.9%) | 10/187 (5.3%) |
Intensive care unit | 8/94 (8.5%) | 5/72 (6.9%) | 13/166 (7.8%) |
Surgery | 15/172 (8.7%) | 11/115 (9.6%) | 26/287 (9.1%) |
General | 15/94 (16.0%) | 2/36 (5.6%) | 17/130 (13.1%) |
Total | 43/444 (9.7%) | 23/326 (7.1%) | 66/770 (8.6%) |