Surveillance of surgical site infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and strain characterization in Tanzanian hospitals does not provide proof for a role of hospital water plumbing systems in transmission

Table 1 Sequence type distribution among Pseudomonas aeruginosa detected at 22 out of 27 sampling points at Bugando Medical Centre hospital

	Sampling point	Ward/ sampling point category	Sampling plan	Number of P. aeruginosa recovery from water taps in 10 months	Sequency type of P. aeruginosa
1	Main distribution	-	A	2 of 10	381, 2320^a
2	OT changing room	Operating Theatre	B	2 of 10	381
3	OT2	Operating Theatre	C	3 of 10	381, 252, 2307^a
4	OT3	Operating Theatre	C	1 of 10	381
5	OT5	Operating Theatre	C	1 of 10	381
6	OT sluice	Operating Theatre	C	1 of 10	381
7	LWOT	Maternity Operating Theatre	B	1 of 10	381
8	LW staff WC	Maternity	C	1 of 10	381
9	LW patient WC	Maternity	C	2 of 10	381, 834
10	C4 patient WC	Maternity	C	2 of 10	381, 641
11	C4 sluice	Maternity	C	1 of 10	2327^a
12	E4 patient WC	Gynaecology	C	2 of 10	381, 2307^a
13	E4 sluice	Gynaecology	C	1 of 10	2325^a
14	J5 staff WC	Orthopaedic	B	4 of 10	381, 834, 2307^a
15	J5 patient WC	Orthopaedic	C	1 of 10	2326^a
16	C6 staff WC	General surgery	B	3 of 10	381, 834
17	C6 patient WC	General surgery	C	1 of 10	381
18	E8 Staff WC	Orthopaedic	B	1 of 10	381
19	E8 patient WC	Orthopaedic	C	3 of 10	381
20	C9 staff WC	General surgery	B	2 of 10	381
21	C9 patient WC	General surgery	C	1 of 10	381
22	C9 sluice	General surgery	C	2 of 10	381, 236

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