OPEN ACCESS Jacobs Journal of Microbiology and Pathology Contamination of X-Ray Cassettes with MRSA during Portable X-Ray Examination
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Findings: A total of 240 swab samples collected from the patient-contact and non-patient-contact surfaces of 80 X-ray cassettes were collected during four hospital visits. We found three X-ray cassettes (3.8%) had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonies isolated, and two other X-ray cassettes (2.5%) had methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus colonies isolated on their surface after cultured for 24 hours. Moreover, we found 63 cassettes (78.8%) had different degrees of bacteria colonies isolated on nutrient agar, and three swab samples even yielded more than 300 bacterial colonies.
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