Microbial contamination in the operating theatre: A study in a hospital in Baghdad

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Ensayef, S ^a   Al Shalchi, S ^b   Sabbar, M ^c  

^a MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FOMITE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATISTICS;

TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOMITES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAQ; OPERATING ROOMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEASONS; SOLUTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 67649834737     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.219     Document Type: Article

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