Non-touch fittings in hospitals: a possible source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Legionella spp
| Autor: | J. Schöberl, M. Wiesholzer-Pittl, H. Mittermayer, M. Halabi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Legionella medicine.disease_cause Water consumption Microbiology Toxicology Tap water medicine Humans Equipment and Supplies Hospital Indicator organism Cross Infection biology Pseudomonas aeruginosa business.industry Equipment Design General Medicine Contamination biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Austria Water quality Magnetic valve Water Microbiology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Infection. 49:117-121 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/jhin.2001.1060 |
| Popis: | Non-touch fittings are gradually becoming very common in the bathrooms and toilets of public facilities and restaurants. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have recently started to install these types of water taps to lower water consumption, thus saving costs, and to prevent healthcare workers from touching the tap, thus promoting hygiene. This study analysed the bacteriological water quality of 38 non-touch water taps in different settings in a 450-bed secondary-care hospital in Upper Austria. Two different tap types were installed: 23 taps were without temperature selection and 15 were with temperature selection (cold and warm). A membrane filtration method was used, and the authors screened for both indicator organisms and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 100 ml water samples. In 10 non-touch taps without temperature selection, the authors also screened for Legionella spp. in 500 ml water samples. Seventy four percent of the taps without temperature selection and 7% of the taps with temperature selection showed contamination with P. aeruginosa (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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