Novel door handles are being developed and may prove to be more resistant to microbial contamination than existing designs.
Microbial contamination of door handles.
A total of 232 samples were collected from various sites like surface of biometric attendance devices elevator buttons door handles staircase railings telephone sets and water taps.
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.
Door handle contamination by potential pathogens has been recorded from the medical ward surgical ward icu and post operative ward.
In a study by odigie et al s.
Biochemical analysis of bacterial isolates from entrance toilet door handles in six.
A public health threat.
Whilst door handle design may appear trivial at the design stage and largely ignored it is one of many trivial design features that might silently undermine microbial transmission control.
This study aimed to determine the bacterial contamination of common hospital objects frequently touched by patients visitors and healthcare workers.
Bacterial contamination of door handles knobs in selected public conveniences in abuja metropolis nigeria.