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Table 1 Identified bacterial sample aggregates

From: Evaluation of microbial contamination on cuff syringe, cuff pressure gauge, and their surroundings in the operating room

Room number

Organism(s) and biotype

Outer components of cuff syringes

Inner components of cuff syringes

Cuff pressure gauges

Drawers of cuff syringes

Drawers of cuff pressure gauges

Computer mice attached to anesthesiamachines

1

-

-

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus spp.

Bacillus spp., Paenibacillus cineris

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

2

Staphylococcus caprae

-

-

-

-

Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus epidermidis

3

-

-

Solibacillus silvestris

Bacillus spp.

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

4

-

-

Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus capitis

-

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus spp.

5

-

-

-

-

Bacillus spp.

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cohnii

6

-

-

Bacillus subtilis

-

-

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus hominis

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

-

Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacillus spp., Bacillus flexus

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus hominis

9

-

-

Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis

-

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus spp.

Bacillus spp.

10

-

Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus caprae, Staphylococcus warneri

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacillus spp.

11

-

-

Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus epidermidis

-

-

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

12

Staphylocuccus capitis

-

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacillus halosaccharovorans, Staphylococcus epidermidis

Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus epidermidis

13

Staphylocuccus epidermidis

-

Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis

-

Bacillus spp.

Bacillus spp.

14

-

-

Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus hominis

Bacillus spp.

-

Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus caprae