Bakteriální kontaminace vnitřního vzduchu transplantační jednotky
[Bacterial contamination of the indoor air in a transplant unit]
Language Czech Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
24467177
PII: 47172
- MeSH
- Bacteria isolation & purification MeSH
- Cross Infection microbiology MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Air Microbiology * MeSH
- Hospitals, University MeSH
- Transplantation MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
For one year (August 2010 to July 2011), microbial contamination of the indoor air in the Transplant Unit of the Haemato-Oncology Clinic, Olomouc University Hospital was monitored monthly. Twenty sampling sites were singled out and a total of 240 indoor air samples were collected. An MAS-100 air sampler (Merck, GER) was used, air flow rate of 100 liters per minute, 1 minute. The measured values of indoor air temperature were stable. The relative air humidity ranged from 17% to 68%. The highest average value of microbial air contamination was found in the "staff entry room" (1170 CFU/m3). The lowest microbial air contamination (150-250 CFU/m3) was measured in the patient isolation units. The most frequently isolated bacterial strains were coagulase-negative staphylococci (94.3%), followed by Micrococcus spp. (67%) and Bacillus subtilis (11%). It can be assumed that the -source of these airborne bacterial strains are both patients and medical staff. They are classified as -opportunistic pathogens and as such can cause hospital infections among haemato-oncology patients.
Antibiotic Susceptibility of Cronobacter spp. Isolated from Clinical Samples