Microbial communities profiling in intensive care units expose limitations in current sanitary standards

The intensive care units contained two wards with four beds each, where critically ill patients from all medical specialties are treated. Boxes with patients lying down were swabbed on the surfaces of mattress, bed rail, monitors, infusion pumps, ventilator, and cufflator. In common areas of the ICU/NICU, computer keyboard and mouse, doors handle, hospital cards, medical records, drug station, and nurse's mobiles were also swabbed.