Bacteriological Assessment of the Indoor Air of Different Hospitals of Kathmandu District.


Journal

International journal of microbiology
ISSN: 1687-918X
Titre abrégé: Int J Microbiol
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 101516125

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 02 01 2019
revised: 21 02 2019
accepted: 13 03 2019
entrez: 16 5 2019
pubmed: 16 5 2019
medline: 16 5 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Nosocomial infection is the infection that has been caught in a hospital and is potentially caused by organisms that are not susceptible to antibiotics. Nosocomial infections are transmitted directly or indirectly through air and may cause different types of infections. This study was undertaken with an objective to determine the prevalence of nosocomial bacteria present in hospital indoor environment. A total of 16 air samples were taken from general wards and emergency wards of 8 different hospitals using an impactor air sampler in nutrient agar, mannitol salt agar, blood agar, cetrimide agar, and MacConkey agar. The bacteriological agents were isolated and identified by cultural characteristics, Gram staining, and biochemical tests, and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was determined using CLSI Guideline, 2015. According to the European Union Guidelines to Good Manufacturing Practices, the hospitals were under C- and D-grade air quality. According to the European Commission, most of the hospitals were intermediately polluted. Out of 16 indoor air samples, 47.18% of

Identifiants

pubmed: 31089326
doi: 10.1155/2019/5320807
pmc: PMC6476020
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

5320807

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Auteurs

Arzu Kunwar (A)

Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Samyukta Tamrakar (S)

Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Shyaron Poudel (S)

Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Sony Sharma (S)

Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Pramila Parajuli (P)

Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

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