Duration of use | Contaminating organism identified | No of containers in which they occurred | % Occurrence |
---|---|---|---|
7 days | Micrococcus sp | 6 | 1.8 |
(n = 341) | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 6 | 1.8 |
Other staphylococci | 3 | 0.9 | |
Bacillussp | 2 | 0.6 | |
Penicillium sp | 3 | 0.9 | |
Cladosporium sp | 2 | 0.6 | |
14 days | Micrococcus sp | 7 | 2.4 |
(n = 295) | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 2 | 0.7 |
Other staphylococci | 3 | 1.0 | |
Proteus mirabilis | 4 | 1.4 | |
Serratia liquefaciens | 2 | 0.7 | |
Bacillussp | 5 | 1.7 | |
Aureobasidium pullulans | 2 | 0.7 | |
Cladosporiumsp | 3 | 1.0 | |
Penicillium sp | 1 | 0.3 | |
Yeast (unidentified) | 1 | 0.3 |
↵Includes both coagulase positive and coagulase negative staphylococci.