Microbial Contamination on Used Surgical Masks among Hospital Personnel and Microbial Air Quality in their Working Wards: A Hospital in Bangkok
| Autor: | Pipat Luksamijarulkul, Natkitta Aiempradit, Pisit Vatanasomboon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Oman Medical Journal, Vol 29, Iss 5, Pp 346-350 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1999-768X 2070-5204 |
| DOI: | 10.5001/omj.2014.92 |
| Popis: | Objective: To assess the relationship of bacterial and fungal contamination on used surgical masks worn by the hospital personnel and microbial air quality in their working wards. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 230 used surgical masks collected from 214 hospital personnel, and 215 indoor air samples collected from their working wards to culture for bacterial and fungal counts. This study was carried out at the hospital in Bangkok. Group or genus of isolated bacteria and fungi were preliminarily identified by Gram’s stain and lacto-phenol cotton blue. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient at the significant level of p |
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