Follow
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS)
IJCMAS is now DOI (CrossRef) registered Research Journal. The DOIs are assigned to all published IJCMAS Articles.
Index Copernicus ICI Journals Master List 2022 - IJCMAS--ICV 2022: 95.28 For more details click here
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) : NAAS Score: *5.38 (2020) [Effective from January 1, 2020] For more details click here

Login as a Reviewer


See Guidelines to Authors
Current Issues
Download Publication Certificate

Original Research Articles                      Volume : 5, Issue:5, May, 2016

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
Issues : 12 per year
Publisher : Excellent Publishers
Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com /
submit@ijcmas.com
Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39
NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2016.5(5): 440-447
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2016.505.046


Sterility Testing of Operation Theatres in Hospitals
Abhishek K. Mishra* and Vijay S. Wadhai
Centre for Higher Learning and Research in Microbiology,Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

This paper describes the presence and type of bacterial contamination in an operation theatres that contributes to the major outbreak of nosocomial infections of Various Hospitals of Wardha city (M.S), India. Samples were collected by open plate method and swab method for air, surface and articles, and were further isolated and identified. The bacterial pathogens comprising of Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Coagulase negative Staphyloccoci spp were found. High bacterial contamination was observed in air samples taken from operation theaters.


Keywords: Sterility Testing, Operation Theatres,  Coagulase negative Staphyloccoci spp

Download this article as Download

How to cite this article:

Abhishek K. Mishra and Vijay S. Wadhai. 2016. Sterility Testing of Operation Theatres in Hospitals.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 5(5): 440-447. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2016.505.046
Copyright: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

Citations