| Unexposed rooms (n = 26) | MRSA exposed rooms (n = 10) | C. difficileexposed rooms (n = 3) | Overall Prevalence | ||||
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Variablesa | MRSA (%) | C. difficile(%) | MRSA (%) | C. difficile(%) | MRSA (%) | C. difficile(%) | MRSA (%) | C. difficile(%) |
General prevalence | 6/149 (4.0) | 9/149 (6.0) | 1/52 (1.9) | 1/52 (1.9) | 0/17 (0) | 4/17 (23.5) | 7/218 (3.2) | 14/218 (6.4) |
Ward: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Medicine Ab | 4/54 (7.4) | 3/54 (5.6) | 0/20 (0) | 1/20 (5.0) | 0/5 (0) | 2/5 (40) | 4/79 (5.1) | 6/79 (7.6) |
 Medicine Bc | 0/35 (0) | 3/35 (8.6) | 1/16 (6.3) | 0/16 (0) | No sampling | No sampling | 1/51 (1.9) | 3/51 (5.9) |
 Surgeryd | 2/60 (3.3) | 3/60 (5.0) | 0/16 (0) | 0/16 (0) | 0/12 (0) | 2/12 (16.7) | 2/88 (2.3) | 5/88 (5.7) |
Material type: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Cork | 0/23 (0) | 3/23 (13) | 0/7 (0) | 1/7 (14.3) | 0/3 (0) | 2/3 (66.7) | 0/33 (0) | 6/33 (18.2) |
 Fabric | 0/26 (0) | 0/26 (0) | 1/8 (12.5) | 0/8 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 1/36 (2.8) | 0/36 (0) |
 Laminate | 1/26 (3.8) | 1/26 (3.8) | 0/9 (0) | 0/9 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/38 (2.6) | 2/38 (5.3) |
 Plastic | 5/74 (6.8) | 5/74 (6.8) | 0/28 (0) | 0/28 (0) | 0/9 (0) | 1/9 (11.1) | 5/111 (4.5) | 6/111 (5.4) |
Surface sampled: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Bulletin boarde | 0/23 (0) | 3/23 (13) | 0/7 (0) | 1/7 (14.3) | 0/3 (0) | 2/3 (66.7) | 0/33 (0) | 6/33 (18.2) |
 Chair backe | 4/25 (16) | 2/25 (8) | 0/10 (0) | 0/10 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 4/38 (10.5) | 2/38 (5.3) |
 End of bed | 1/26 (3.8) | 1/26 (3.8) | 0/10 (0) | 0/10 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/39 (2.6) | 2/39 (5.1) |
 Overbed tablee | 1/26 (3.8) | 1/26 (3.8) | 0/9 (0) | 0/9 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/38 (2.6) | 2/38 (5.3) |
 Privacy curtaine | 0/26 (0) | 0/26 (0) | 1/8 (12.5) | 0/8 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 1/36 (2.8) | 0/36 (0) |
 Televisione | 0/23 (0) | 2/23 (8.7) | 0/8 (0) | 0/8 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 0/34 (0) | 2/34 (5.9) |