Salmonella sp. and Escherichia coli are pathogenic bacteria that cause foodborne diseases often contaminate food harmful to human health. Sales of unpackaged (bulk) sausages accompanied by poor hygiene environmental sanitation conditions have a high potential for contamination. The purpose this study was compare the contamination level bacterial, in bulk packaged chicken as well determin...

Fomites are inanimate objects that are capable of absorbing, harboring and transmitting infectious microorganisms. Paper currency, an exchangeable fomite, is constantly subjected to contamination. This study investigated bacterial contamination on the Saudi one Riyal paper note. Two hundred one Riyal bills (100 4th version and 100 5th version) were collected in the city of Jeddah for examinatio...

INTRODUCTION Bacterial sepsis associated with the transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) results in serious clinical implications for patients. Given these implications, certain procedures have been integrated into the preparation and quality control of blood components to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination. This article describes the prevalence of bacterial contamination on transfu...

AIM The present investigation was conducted to locate the critical sources of bacterial contamination and to evaluate the standard sanitation protocol so as to improve the hygienic conditions during collection, evaluation, and processing of bull semen in the Semen Station. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study compared two different hygienic procedures during the collection, evaluation and processi...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the adequacy of our institution's ultrasound probe-disinfecting protocols, determine compliance with the guidelines, and then implement changes if needed. MATERIALS AND METHODS We first assessed the prevalence of bacterial contamination (and thus the potential for bacterial transmission) by swabbing all ultrasound probes (n = 31) in the radiol...

Microbiological analysis of swabs taken from the cuffs and pocket mouths of physicians' white coats in an acute care hospital showed that 91.3% of the coats had bacterial contamination. Specifically diphtheroids, Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative bacilli were isolated. In contrast, comparatively lower rates of bacterial contamination were observed on the white coats (1) of visiting physic...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that bacteria associated with the placenta-a "placental microbiome"-may be important in reproductive health and disease. However, a challenge in working with specimens with low bacterial biomass, such as placental samples, is that some or all of the bacterial DNA may derive from contamination in dust or commercial reagents. To investigate this, we compar...

BACKGROUND Bacterial contamination of the transfer catheter during embryo transfer is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Antibiotics at the time of embryo transfer may improve outcomes. We evaluated the effect of co-amoxiclav on the rates of bacterial contamination of transfer catheters and clinical pregnancy. METHODS On the day of oocyte collection, 350 patients were randomized, with se...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the rate of bacterial contamination of reused and new unused burs after different sterilization sessions. MATERIALS AND METHODS The test group consisted of 40 used fissure burs, and the control group of 40 unused new fissure burs (total n = 80). The burs from both groups were precleaned according to standard protocols and then su...

Medical devices, such as stethoscopes, and other objects found in hospital, such as computer keyboards and telephone handsets, may be reservoirs of bacteria for healthcare-associated infections. In this cross-over study involving an Italian teaching hospital we evaluated microbial contamination (total bacterial count (TBC) at 36°C/22°C, Staphylococcus spp., moulds, Enterococcus spp., Pseudomona...