Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran
There is a concern about exposure to bio-aerosols due to their harmful health effects. Bio-aerosols in surgery environment can potentially cause infection in susceptible and unsusceptible patients. The present study aimed to evaluate bacterial and fungal densities and species in surgery rooms in an...
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| author | Fatemeh Dehghani Samaneh Shahsavani Narges Shamsedini Mansooreh Dehghani Maryam Gholamzadeh |
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| description | There is a concern about exposure to bio-aerosols due to their harmful health effects. Bio-aerosols in surgery environment can potentially cause infection in susceptible and unsusceptible patients. The present study aimed to evaluate bacterial and fungal densities and species in surgery rooms in an educational hospital in Shiraz.
A total of 168 sam¬ples were collected. Active sampling was done by using a single-stage Anderson sampler on plates including blood agar and sabouraud dextrose agar for 10 minutes for bacteria and fungi, respectively.
The mean densities of fungi and bacteria were respectively 233.23±2.024 and 232.6±1.383 CFU/m3 before sterilization compared to 233.01±2.041 and 233.57±1.324 CFU/m3 after sterilization of the surgery rooms. No significant difference was observed between the densities of bacteria and fungi before and after sterilization in all surgery rooms (P>0.05). However, it was a significant difference between the total densities of bio-aerosols after sterilization compared to the suggested value. The density of bio-aerosols was greater than 30 CFU/m3 (P |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d1e4e4c32644413b760859938132a8a2024-03-17T07:16:01ZengIranian Journal of Health, Safety and EnvironmentIranian Journal of Health, Safety and Environment2345-32062345-55352024-02-0110115471551225Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, IranFatemeh Dehghani0Samaneh Shahsavani1Narges Shamsedini2Mansooreh Dehghani3Maryam Gholamzadeh4Expert monitoring and evaluation of environmental and health issues in Fars province hospitals. Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran.School of health, student research committee, Shiraz University of medical sci¬ences, Shiraz, IR Iran.Department of environmental health engineering, school of health, student research committee, Shiraz University of medical sci-ences, Shiraz, Iran and Fars water and wastewater company, Shiraz, Iran.Research center for health sciences, Department of environmental health, school of health, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, IR IranBacteriology, Shiraz University of medical sci¬ences, Shiraz, IR Iran.There is a concern about exposure to bio-aerosols due to their harmful health effects. Bio-aerosols in surgery environment can potentially cause infection in susceptible and unsusceptible patients. The present study aimed to evaluate bacterial and fungal densities and species in surgery rooms in an educational hospital in Shiraz. A total of 168 sam¬ples were collected. Active sampling was done by using a single-stage Anderson sampler on plates including blood agar and sabouraud dextrose agar for 10 minutes for bacteria and fungi, respectively. The mean densities of fungi and bacteria were respectively 233.23±2.024 and 232.6±1.383 CFU/m3 before sterilization compared to 233.01±2.041 and 233.57±1.324 CFU/m3 after sterilization of the surgery rooms. No significant difference was observed between the densities of bacteria and fungi before and after sterilization in all surgery rooms (P>0.05). However, it was a significant difference between the total densities of bio-aerosols after sterilization compared to the suggested value. The density of bio-aerosols was greater than 30 CFU/m3 (Phttps://ijhse.ir/index.php/IJHSE/article/view/523air pollutionbio-aerosolsbacteriafungioperating room |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Dehghani Samaneh Shahsavani Narges Shamsedini Mansooreh Dehghani Maryam Gholamzadeh Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran Iranian Journal of Health, Safety and Environment air pollution bio-aerosols bacteria fungi operating room |
| title | Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran |
| title_full | Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran |
| title_short | Assessment of Bioaerosol Contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Operating Rooms of The Largest Educational Hospital in Shiraz, Iran |
| title_sort | assessment of bioaerosol contamination bacteria and fungi in operating rooms of the largest educational hospital in shiraz iran |
| topic | air pollution bio-aerosols bacteria fungi operating room |
| url | https://ijhse.ir/index.php/IJHSE/article/view/523 |
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