background: infections are readily transmitted as a result of bacterial contamination of swimming pools. therefore, hygiene and preventing the contamination of swimming pools is of particular importance. the objective of this study was to determine the amount of bacterial contamination in indoor pools of yazd in 2013. methods: in this descriptive and analytical study, all indoor swimming pools ...

transmission of human pathogens can be occurred via inert objects. paper currency is a further common contact surface whereby pathogens can be transferred within a population although the significance remains unknown. hence, the aim of the present study was to investigate microbial populations associated with iranian paper currency.this study was carried out by getting 108 samples of the irania...

background; pollution of drinking water and ice is one of the most serious ways of water borne diseases spread. the purpose of this study was to investigate the bacterial contamination of the ice produced by ice factories in bandar abbas. methods; in this descriptive ,cross-sectional study samples were collected from seven ice factories in bandar abbas. sampling was done by standard method.    ...

background and objectives: survey on bacterial contamination is one of the most important ways for hygienic evaluation of meats at different points of processing and marketing. in the last decade application of ozone as an antiseptic agent was proposed in foods (meats, vegetables, fruits, etc.) processing. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ozone gas for reduction of bacterial...

purpose: to evaluate bacterial and fungal contamination of donor corneas before and after decontamination at eye bank of i.r. of iran based on cultures. methods: this descriptive study was performed on 131 donor eyes (whole globe or cut cornea) used for corneal transplantation at labbafinejad hospital during a 6-month period. microbiologic culture was performed at three stages: before enucleati...

introduction: careful planning on health care may prevent the spread of disease and reduce the expense for treatment. regarding the importance of health care in the clinical centers including physiotherapy clinics, this study was designed to investigate the rate of bacterial contamination of electrotherapy’s pads which use in the physiotherapy clinics of semnan university of medical sciences (i...

introduction : hospital infections are one of the important reasons of mortality and incurred expenses. therefore, we must control these infections by identifying contamination sources. the aim of this study was the determination of bacterial pollution of corrugated anesthesia sets in surgical rooms. methods: this study was an analytic-description one performed in training hospitals of yazd cit...

the present study investigated bacterial contamination of radiography equipment in radiology departments of kermanshah university of medical sciences. in this study 196 samples had taken from radiography equipment surfaces of hospitals. the results showed that bacterial contaminations were existed in 91.7% of samples. the highest frequency of bacterial colonies was coagulase negative staphyloco...

Background: Infections are readily transmitted as a result of bacterial contamination of swimming pools. Therefore, hygiene and preventing the contamination of swimming pools is of particular importance. The objective of this study was to determine the amount of bacterial contamination in indoor pools of Yazd in 2013. Methods: In this descriptive and analytical study, all indoor swimming pools ...