Microbial contamination of disinfectants and antiseptics in four major hospitals in Trinidad

Tswana Gajadhar, Alicia Saz‐Lara, Patricia Sealy, Abiodun A. Adesiyun

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública · 2003 · 31 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Our results show that contaminated disinfectants/antiseptics pose a health risk to patients, particularly in the pediatric and surgical wards. The high prevalence of resistance to antimicrobial agents exhibited by the Pseudomonas spp. that were isolated is of special therapeutic concern.

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