Table 4 Air temperature, relative humidity, and bioaerosols (bacterial and fungal) concentration in different wards of selected hospitals during seasons.
Hospital | Ward | Season | |||||||||||||||
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SP | SU | AU | WI | ||||||||||||||
TEMP. (°C) | HU. (%) | Bacterial Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | Fungal Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | TEMP. (°C) | HU. (%) | Bacterial Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | Fungal Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | TEMP. (°C) | HU. (%) | Bacterial Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | Fungal Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | TEMP. (°C) | HU. (%) | Bacterial Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | Fungal Con. (± SD) (cfu/m3) | ||
A | OR | 24.3 | 53.0 | 6 (± 15) | 2 (± 28) | 24.7 | 51.3 | 124 (± 85) | 94 (± 83) | 23.8 | 54.8 | 196 (± 142) | 108 (± 8) | 23.5 | 50.0 | 87 (± 3) | 216 (± 215) |
EM | 22.8 | 57.3 | 5 (± 8) | 1 (± 18) | 24.5 | 64.9 | 534 (± 50) | 776 (± 1012) | 24.2 | 61.6 | 428 (± 155) | 118 (± 43) | 24.9 | 49.9 | 140 (± 73) | 465 (± 412) | |
INT | 24.0 | 55.4 | 136 (± 3) | 32 (± 15) | 23.8 | 65.9 | 300 (± 195) | 122 (± 172) | 23.2 | 58.1 | 124 (± 50) | 223 (± 60) | 23.5 | 37.9 | 64 (± 35) | 62 (± 33) | |
Mean | 23.7 | 55.2 | 49 (± 9) | 12 (± 20) | 24.3 | 60.7 | 319 (± 110) | 331 (± 422) | 23.7 | 58.2 | 249 (± 116) | 150 (± 37) | 24.0 | 45.9 | 97 (± 37) | 248 (± 220) | |
B | OR | 25.0 | 52.2 | 228 (± 28) | 30 (± 3) | 24.3 | 52.0 | 216 (± 115) | 179 (± 117) | 23.2 | 57.3 | 131 (± 10) | 42 (± 20) | 22.6 | 56.6 | 83 (± 8) | 71 (± 20) |
EM | 24.6 | 51.6 | 152 (± 15) | 48 (± 18) | 26.4 | 43.4 | 767 (± 45) | 120 (± 80) | 27.1 | 41.2 | 500 (± 307) | 117 (± 5) | 23.6 | 49.0 | 300 (± 5) | 159 (± 100) | |
INT | 25.1 | 47.0 | 691 (± 58) | 171 (± 43) | 24.4 | 54.0 | 281 (± 13) | 180 (± 0) | 22.2 | 53.7 | 332 (± 100) | 309 (± 292) | 23.7 | 49.5 | 244 (± 20) | 180 (± 20) | |
Mean | 24.9 | 50.3 | 357 (± 34) | 83 (± 21) | 25.03 | 49.8 | 421 (± 58) | 160 (66) | 24.2 | 50.7 | 313 (136) | 156 (± 106) | 23.3 | 51.7 | 209 (± 11) | 137 (± 47) | |
