Screening of Various Surface Areas of Student‘s Restrooms for Pathogenic Microbial Flora In Tertiary Care Hospitals

Tanmay Gupta; Dr.Arti Jain; Dr.Sourabh Jain

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Screening of Various Surface Areas of Student‘s Restrooms for Pathogenic Microbial Flora In Tertiary Care Hospitals

Tanmay Gupta, Dr. Arti Jain, Dr. Sourabh Jain

Abstract :

In developing countries, along with unclean environment & student’s habits, inanimate objects plays a critical role in microbial transmission.One of the sources of microbial diseases is toilets.

The purpose of this Study wasScreening of various surface areas of Student’s restrooms for pathogenic microbial flora in Hospital settings.

ThisProspective Analytical study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology, attached to a Tertiary Care Hospitalsafter obtaining ethical clearanceover a time period of two months.

Eightyfour out of 90 samples were culture positive from various surface areas of students’ restrooms. Out of 84 isolates, Gram negative bacilli (n=46) were more common than Gram positive cocci (n=38).Ampicilline is more resistant in Gram positive cocci.

Present study highlights the need of sensitization &training sessions regarding hand hygiene practices among the student’s and regular cleaning of inanimate objects likeToilets for reduction of infectious microbial diseases.