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Bacterial contamination in health care centers

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dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Ana
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorPaciência, Inês
dc.contributor.authorRufo, João Cavaleiro
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Edna
dc.contributor.authorCarolino, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorViegas, Carla
dc.contributor.authorUva, António Sousa
dc.contributor.authorVerde, Sandra Cabo
dc.contributor.institutionEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)
dc.contributor.institutionComprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)
dc.contributor.pblMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-25T00:57:55Z
dc.date.available2021-05-25T00:57:55Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to assess the airborne bioburden of rural and urban Portuguese Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC) using active and passive sampling methods and identify the potential differences in airborne microbiota between both environments. The highest total aerobic mesophilic bacterial load in indoor air were found in the Vaccination Room (448 CFU.m−3) in the Rural PHCC and in the Waiting Room (420 CFU.m−3) for Urban PHCC. The total coliforms contamination level in indoor air was detected only in the Cleaning Supplies Room (4 CFU.m−3) in the Urban PHCC. The most frequent bacteria genera identified was Micrococcus (21% Rural PHCC; 31% Urban PHCC). The surface samples showed a highest total aerobic mesophilic bacterial contamination in the Treatment Room (86 × 103 CFU.m−2) from the Rural PHCC and in the Front Office (200 × 103 CFU.m−2) from the Urban PHCC. The electrostatic dust cloth (EDC) samples showed a highest bacterial load in the Urban PHCC. Total aerobic mesophilic bacterial load in settled dust and in the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) filter samples in the Urban PHCC (8 CFU.g−1 and 6 × 103 CFU.m−2) presented higher values compared with the Rural PHCC (1 CFU.g−1 and 2.5 × 103 CFU.m−2). Urban PHCC presented higher bacterial airborne contamination compared with the Rural PHCC for the ma-jority of sampling sites, and when compared with the indoor air quality (IAQ) Portuguese legislation it was the Rural PHCC in two sampling places who did not comply with the established criteria.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent723041
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/atmos12040450
dc.identifier.issn2073-4433
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 29762593
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: a78effac-1fc5-4550-bc68-551535eb2d99
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85104344584
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000642746900001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/118259
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85104344584
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectAirborne bacteria
dc.subjectAntibiotic resistance profile
dc.subjectPrimary Health Care Centers
dc.subjectRural
dc.subjectUrban
dc.subjectEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.subjectSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.titleBacterial contamination in health care centersen
dc.title.subtitledifferences between urban and rural settingsen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue4
degois.publication.titleAtmosphere
degois.publication.volume12
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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