The environmental monitoring in hospital pharmacy cleanroom and microbiota catalogue preparation

Publication date: Available online 11 January 2019Source: Saudi Pharmaceutical JournalAuthor(s): Mateja Tršan, Katja Seme, Stanko SrčičAbstractKnowing the normal cleanroom microbiota is the basis for ensuring microbiological quality; assess changes and the introduction of new sampling methods. During our study, we prepared a catalogue of cleanroom microorganisms located in four different cleanrooms in University Clinical Centre Ljubljana Pharmacy. Catalogue is prepared as a basis for assessing the suitability of the new rapid microbiological method and subsequent correlation of the results of both methods. The results of our study showed that 78% of isolated bacteria are Gram-positive. However, in more than 70% isolated bacteria were the part of the normal human microbiota, 10-15% of the microorganisms originated from the air, mainly spore-forming bacteria of the genus Bacillus and fungi, and 5-10% of the Gram-negative microorganisms that originated from the water and represent the potential endotoxins (pyrogens).
Source: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research