Contamination des VSAV : place des prélèvements environnementaux

The objective of this article is to detail the strategies involving environmental samples in ambulance as other elements relative to the control of the infectious risk in the context of rescue and assistance. Environmental samples are not compulsory but are of interest in the context of a method validation process or in that of an educational approach. In these two situations, environmental samples must be integrated in a surveillance strategy mentioning in particular the choice of the type of samples, by favoring whenever possible the agar sample, the surfaces concerned, or even the ideal moment to take the sample. If the samples contribute to the formalization of a risk at a given time and place, the infectious risk in ambulances must be continuously controlled by the application of various measures complementary to the maintenance such as hand hygiene, reasoned use of wearing gloves or even wearing a mask when there is a risk of projection.