Microbial Ecology of Hospital Surfaces of Maternities in the Public Hospitals of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study
The aims of this phase were to recognize the nature of the germs present on nursing home surfaces and to assess their opposition to the antibiotics secondhand in clinical practice in the maternities of public nursing homes in Lubumbashi. Germs have the ability to adulterate things, medical supplies, and chemicals in healthcare backgrounds, which therefore come into touch accompanying exposed anatomical domains. The cross-sectional explanatory study was carried out in seven maternities in January 2015. These maternities were preferred according to either they met the addition criteria. Data collection was acted by swab onsurfaces usingISO/DIS 14698-1 standard.The reasoning of the samples was carried out engaged of the university hospitals of Lubumbashi. Out of 77 samples of surfaces taken and resolved, 47 surfaces or 61% presented one or more beginning. Candida albicans was more isolated on 20 surfaces, that is 43%, followed by Escherichia coli on 17 surfaces (36%), Staphylococcus aureus on 4 surfaces (9%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebseiella oxytoca, Enterococci faecalis individually on 2 surfaces (4%). Les Klebseiella oxytocawas found in Dakin’s resolution reserved for cleansing in the operating room. LThe germs were multi-opposing to several medicines commonly secondhand clinically in all these maternities, specifically to Amoxyciline, Ampicillin and Augmentin (Amoxiciline + clavulanic acid). On hospital surfaces, we found a high amount of multiresistant germs. A sound tactics for the use of antibiotics and disinfectant must be established, and biocleaning must be upgraded.
Author(s) Details:
Mbutshu Lukuke Hendrick,
School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi RD, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Malonga Kaj Françoise,
School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi RD, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Keywords: Bacterial ecology, hospital surface, maternity, Lubumbashi