Isolation of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria From Delivery and Nursing Rooms at Certain Hospitals

Abstract

Abstract Out of the seventy — nine randomly collected air samples from delivery rooms at four hospitals (Khartoum, Omdurman Maternity, Ahmed Fadul and EL Rhibat) 63.3% showed positive bacterial growth. On the other hand out of 60 air samples that were collected from nursing rooms of the same hospitals, 66.7% of them showed positive bacterial isolation. The isolated bacteria were identified as Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Klebsiella spp, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus spp. The highest percentage of isolation was recorded in Khartoum Hospital as 50.6% and 42% in delivery and nursing rooms, respectively. Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the most dominant organisms isolated from the delivery rooms at all examined hospitals. While Staphylococcus aureus also showed highest percentage of the bacterium that was isolated from nursing rooms at Omdurman Maternity Hospital and EL Rhibat Hospital, E. coli was dominant in Khartoum Hospital nursing rooms and Bacillus spp was the dominant organism isolated from nursing room at Ahmed Fadul Hospital. The isolated bacteria showed clear resistance toward the common Hospital used antiseptics.