A bacteriological study of hospital beds before and after disinfection with phenolic disinfectant
In hospitals, one of the ways to control microbial contamination is by disinfecting the furniture used by patients. This study's main objective was to evaluate the microbiological condition of hospital mattresses before and after such disinfection, in order to identify bacteria that are epidemi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e5cfcba3031f4981b70e2a8b7921426d 2023-05-15T15:05:59+02:00 A bacteriological study of hospital beds before and after disinfection with phenolic disinfectant Denise de Andrade Emília L. S. Angerami Carlos Roberto Padovani 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49892000000300007 https://doaj.org/article/e5cfcba3031f4981b70e2a8b7921426d EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892000000300007&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 doi:10.1590/s1020-49892000000300007 https://doaj.org/article/e5cfcba3031f4981b70e2a8b7921426d Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 179-184 (2000) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2000 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49892000000300007 2022-12-31T04:21:26Z In hospitals, one of the ways to control microbial contamination is by disinfecting the furniture used by patients. This study's main objective was to evaluate the microbiological condition of hospital mattresses before and after such disinfection, in order to identify bacteria that are epidemiologically important in nosocomial infection, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RODAC plates with two different culture media were used to collect specimens. Patient beds were selected according to previously established criteria, and surface areas on the mattresses were chosen at random. From the total of 1 040 plate cultures from 52 mattresses, positive results were obtained from 500 of them (48.1%), 263 before disinfection and 237 after disinfection. Considering the selectivity of the culture media, the positivity rate was high. There were high prevalences of S. aureus both before and after mattress disinfection. The study results suggest that the usual disinfection procedures, instead of diminishing the number of microbes, merely displace them from one part of the mattress to another, and the number of microorganisms remains the same. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 7 3 179 184 |
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In hospitals, one of the ways to control microbial contamination is by disinfecting the furniture used by patients. This study's main objective was to evaluate the microbiological condition of hospital mattresses before and after such disinfection, in order to identify bacteria that are epidemiologically important in nosocomial infection, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RODAC plates with two different culture media were used to collect specimens. Patient beds were selected according to previously established criteria, and surface areas on the mattresses were chosen at random. From the total of 1 040 plate cultures from 52 mattresses, positive results were obtained from 500 of them (48.1%), 263 before disinfection and 237 after disinfection. Considering the selectivity of the culture media, the positivity rate was high. There were high prevalences of S. aureus both before and after mattress disinfection. The study results suggest that the usual disinfection procedures, instead of diminishing the number of microbes, merely displace them from one part of the mattress to another, and the number of microorganisms remains the same. |
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A bacteriological study of hospital beds before and after disinfection with phenolic disinfectant |
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A bacteriological study of hospital beds before and after disinfection with phenolic disinfectant |
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