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Sampling involved all the equipment and furniture with which the health workers and patients have greater contact within the ICU and also the air. Sample collection was done using the open plate method for air and the swab method for the surfaces of equipment and furniture. Microbial growths were isolated using the standard bacteriological methods such as lactose fermentation and gram stain while antibiotic sensitivity was achieved with the disc diffusion method.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 66 samples were collected and 36 (54.5%) yielded microbial growth, 4 (11.1%) were by open plate method, and 32 (88.9%) by swab method. 27 (61.4%) of the isolates were Gram-negative organisms while 9 (20.5%) were Gram-positive organisms.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      was the most dominant isolate 26 (59.1%) followed by\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. 9 (20.5%), fungi 8 (18.2%), and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Klebsiella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. 1 (2.3%). All the isolates were sensitive to ceftriaxone\/sulbactam and ofloxacin, but they were resistant to augmentin, cefixime, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, erythromycin, azithromycin, and gentamycin. However, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and imipenem were effective with all the isolates except\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Klebsiella<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The bacteria contamination rate in the ICU was relatively high, mostly by Gram-negative organisms. 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