Table 1 Microbial contamination of different batches of the Dent-O-Sept swab
From: Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak
Production week and year | No of swabs examined | No of swabs contaminated with P. aeruginosa | Other microbes isolated and the number of swabs where they were found |
|---|---|---|---|
15 2002 | 12 | 12 | |
11 2002 | 23 | 1 | 3: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp., 7: GPMF**, |
08 2002 | 12 | 0 | 3: CNS*, 1: Micrococci, 1: Diphtheroid rods, 3: GPMF** |
07 2002 | 14 | 0 | 5: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp., 4: Diphtheroid rods, 1: Staph. aureus, 1: Micrococci |
06 2002 | 19 | 2 | 1: CNS*, 2: Bacillus sp., 10: GPMF**, 1: enterococcus, 1: Staphylococcus sp. |
05 2002 | 37 | 2 | 10: CNS*, 2: Bacillus sp., 4: Micrococci, 8: GPMF**, 2: Mixed flora |
04 2002 | 15 | 10 | |
51 2001 | 25 | 5 | 7: GPMF**, 1: Colony of mobile rods |
50 2001 | 20 | 1 | 5: Bacillus sp., 5: Micrococci, 6: GPMF** |
48 2001 | 1 | 0 | |
47 2001 | 32 | 16 | 1: CNS*, 9: Bacillus sp., 3: Gram-negative rods, |
45 2001 | 11 | 0 | 2: Bacillus sp., 3: Micrococci |
43 2001 | 16 | 5 | 1: Micrococci |
42 2001 | 13 | 1 | 1: Bacillus sp., 2: Gram-positive cocci, 7: Mixed flora, 1: Staphylococcus? |
41 2001 | 28 | 18 | 1: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp. |
39 2001 | 15 | 0 | 1: CNS*, 2: Bacillus sp., 2: Micrococci, 1: GPMF**, 1: Streptococcus Equisimilis group G., 1: Mould |
38 2001 | 26 | 3 | 4: CNS*, 1: Bacillus sp., 1: Micrococci, 1: Yeast |
36 2001 | 21 | 0 | 1: Micrococci, 3: GPMF**, 1: Enterocci, 1: Fungus |
34 2001 | 34 | 0 | 1: CNS*, 4: Bacillus sp., 1: Micrococci, 2: GPMF** |
29 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2: CNS*, 2: Micrococci, |
27 2001 | 16 | 0 | 1: Bacillus sp. |
24 2001 | 21 | 0 | 1: Bacillus sp., 3: Micrococci, 2: GPMF** |
22 2001 | 11 | 0 | 3: CNS* |
19 2001 | 13 | 0 | |
18 2001 | 17 | 0 | |
17 2001 | 18 | 0 | 4: CNS*, 1: Bacillus sp., 1: GPMF**, 1: α-hemolytic Streptococcus, 1: Acinetobacter sp. |
13 2001 | 14 | 0 | 2: CNS*, 2: Bacillus sp., |
12 2001 | 10 | 0 | 1: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp., 1: Gram-negative rods |
11 2001 | 10 | 0 | |
09 2001 | 11 | 0 | 2: CNS*, 1: Bacillus sp. |
07 2001 | 29 | 0 | 5: CNS*, 2: GPMF** |
05 2001 | 21¶ | 0 | 7: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp., 2: Yeast, 2: Acinetobacter baumanii |
04 2001 | 14 | 0 | 2: CNS*, 3: Bacillus sp. |
Total 2000 | 286 | 0 | 26: CNS*, 11: Bacillus sp., 3: Staph. aureus, 2: Micrococci, 1: Yeast, 1: Mould, 1: Candida albicans |
Total 1999 | 164 | 0 | 11: CNS*, 7: Bacillus, 2: Gram-positive spore forming, 1: Gram-negative rods, 1: Staph. aureus, 1: Yeast, 1: Pseudomonas sp. (not P. aeruginosa) |
Total 1998 | 181 | 0 | 6: CNS*, 7: Bacillus sp., 3: Micrococci, 1: GPMF**, 1: Yeast, 2: Mould |
Total 1997 | 139 | 0 | 12: CNS*, 2: GPMF**, 7: Bacillus sp., 1: Micrococci, 1: Yeast, 1: Mould |
Total 1996 | 63 | 0 | 1: Streptococcus pyogenes |
Total 1995 | 64 | 0 | 3: CNS*, 1: Bacillus sp., 1: Micrococci, 2: Enterococci, 11: Staph. aureus, 1: Pseudomonas sp. (not P. aeruginosa) |
Total 1994 | 24 | 0 | |
Total 1993 | 11 | 0 | |
1992 and older | 52 | 0 | 1: CNS*, 5: Bacillus sp., 1: Micrococci |