Assessing Microbial Contamination in Patient Isolation Rooms by Monitoring Mixed Staphylococci Assemblages with Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) Analysis

Von Sigler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; Sandra J. Hensley, MSEM, RN, CIC, Infection Control Practitioner; Ann L. Smith, RN, BSN, CIC, Infection Control Coordinator, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; Issmat Kassem, MS, Graduate Student, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH