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Table 1 Number (No) of positive air samples in operating theaters (OT) and controlled environments (CE) per year

From: Mold contamination in a controlled hospital environment: a 3-year surveillance in southern Italy

Point of sampling

No. of positive air samples/year

 

2010

2011

2012

Total

Ophthalmology (OT)

7/12

6/12

12/12

25/36

General surgery (OT)

0/32

8/32

10/32

18/96

Solid organ transplantation (CE)

0/4

2/4

3/4

5/12

NICU* (CE)

2/6

0/6

5/6

7/18

Pediatric onco-hematology (CE)

0/8

2/8

4/8

6/24

  1. *NICU = Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.