Author/Authors :
Kohzadi, Shadi Student Research Committee - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , Ramazanzade, Rashid Cellular and Molecular Research Center - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , loqmani, Hozan Department of Medicine - Faculty of Medicine - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , Shakib, Pegah Student Research Committee - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , Ghaderzadeh, Hamed Department of Agricultural Economics - University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran , Khasi, Bita Department of Health Education - Faculty of Health - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , Reshadmanesh, Naser Environmental Health Research Center - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Abstract :
Despite regular disinfection and decontamination of the hospital floors and surfaces, resistant pathogens from the hospital surfaces and their transmission to humans have been reported recently. The resistance of pathogens to the disinfectant agents or failed disinfection techniques have put the routine floor and non-critical surface disinfection done in hospitals into question with regard to their effectiveness. In this study, 112 samples were collected using cotton swabs which were immediately placed in a broth agar media. The collected samples were cultured in broth agar and eosin methylene blue media. We determined the bacterial load on the ward floors and patient rooms before and after
disinfection and assessed the effectiveness of the used method and decontamination agents in cleaning
the floors. The results showed that disinfection did not have a significant effect on the hospital surface decontamination, and the disinfection process did not change the colony count in the different wards of the hospital (P-value < 0.05).
Keywords :
Hospital , Disinfection , Effectiveness , Floor , Contamination
