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Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana
In Ghana, environmental hygiene remains a major problem and infection control measures are hardly practised, particularly outside of the hospital. To provide evidence for infection control measures at public places of convenience in Accra (capital city of Ghana), this study was performed. The aim of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630220938414 |
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author | Donkor, Eric S S. Anyen, Nana Esi Akumwena, Amos |
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description | In Ghana, environmental hygiene remains a major problem and infection control measures are hardly practised, particularly outside of the hospital. To provide evidence for infection control measures at public places of convenience in Accra (capital city of Ghana), this study was performed. The aim of the study was to evaluate microbial contamination of door handles at public places of convenience in Accra and assess the public health risk. A total of 183 swab specimens were collected aseptically from door handles of public places of convenience of shops, schools, hospitals, lorry stations, churches, and markets. The samples were cultured on bacteriological media, and the isolated organisms were identified. The most prevalent bacterial agent isolated was Bacillus spp. (55.7%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (20.2%), coagulase-negative staphylococcus spp. (17.1%), Citrobacter freundii (6.0%), Citrobacter koseri (4.4%), and Salmonella Paratyphi A (3.8%). Although in low prevalence, a wide range of enteric bacteria were isolated from door handles, accounting for 12 of the 16 isolated organisms. In conclusion, door handles of places of convenience in Accra harbour several pathogenic microorganisms, especially enteric organisms. This study highlights the need for proper disinfection of door handles of places of convenience in Accra as well as handwashing after visiting such places. |
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spelling | pubmed-73614762020-07-22 Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana Donkor, Eric S S. Anyen, Nana Esi Akumwena, Amos Environ Health Insights Original Research In Ghana, environmental hygiene remains a major problem and infection control measures are hardly practised, particularly outside of the hospital. To provide evidence for infection control measures at public places of convenience in Accra (capital city of Ghana), this study was performed. The aim of the study was to evaluate microbial contamination of door handles at public places of convenience in Accra and assess the public health risk. A total of 183 swab specimens were collected aseptically from door handles of public places of convenience of shops, schools, hospitals, lorry stations, churches, and markets. The samples were cultured on bacteriological media, and the isolated organisms were identified. The most prevalent bacterial agent isolated was Bacillus spp. (55.7%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (20.2%), coagulase-negative staphylococcus spp. (17.1%), Citrobacter freundii (6.0%), Citrobacter koseri (4.4%), and Salmonella Paratyphi A (3.8%). Although in low prevalence, a wide range of enteric bacteria were isolated from door handles, accounting for 12 of the 16 isolated organisms. In conclusion, door handles of places of convenience in Accra harbour several pathogenic microorganisms, especially enteric organisms. This study highlights the need for proper disinfection of door handles of places of convenience in Accra as well as handwashing after visiting such places. SAGE Publications 2020-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7361476/ /pubmed/32704231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630220938414 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Donkor, Eric S S. Anyen, Nana Esi Akumwena, Amos Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title | Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title_full | Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title_fullStr | Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title_short | Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana |
title_sort | making a case for infection control at public places of convenience in accra, ghana |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630220938414 |
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