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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12358/25857
TitleEnvironmental Infection Control in Intensive Care Units at Gaza Governorates: Interventional Study
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Background: Worldwide, many lives are lost because of the spread of infections in health facilities. Microbial organisms spreading in everything around us (air, water, food and inanimate surfaces). Most of these infections can be prevented by well-established processes for decontamination and cleaning of soiled instruments. Highrisk areas such as intensive care units (ICUs) require special ventilation systems that designed to provide clean air with high efficiency, which need to be considered in the hospitals construction. It is also imperative for health care administrators to ensure implementation of the infection control program in health care facilities. This study aimed to evaluate the environmental infection control (EIC) measures in the general ICUs in Gaza. Methodology: A three-months descriptive cross sectional study was done to evaluate the two main general ICUs in Gaza" Shifa Complex and European Gaza Hospital (EGH)". A total of 196 microbiological samples for air, water, and inanimate surfaces were surveyed. Both ambient air and inspiratory air from mechanical ventilator machines (MV) were sampled and cultured for bacterial and fungal count. Also, 20 water specimens were tested for bacterial presence. In addition, 120 swabbed cultures from surfaces and equipments were growing in a preenrichment media before incubation. Moreover, a total of 516 reading for climate temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) were gathered as the most important factors assist in bacterial multiplication. Results: The study revealed that 62% of the infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in Shifa ICU were unfit, in comparison with EGH ICU …

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Khadoura, Khalid
Afifi, Samir
Aljeesh, Yousef I.
TypeJournal Article
Date2014
Subjects
inanimate surfaces
water
relative humidity
temperature
infection control
indoor air
inspired air from mechanical ventilators
Published inJournal of Natural Sciences Research
SeriesVolume: 4, Number: 23
PublisherClinical Instructor
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The institutional repository of the Islamic University of Gaza was established as part of the ROMOR project that has been co-funded with support from the European Commission under the ERASMUS + European programme. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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