Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air

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Autor(a) principal: Andrade,Carolina Machado
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Brown,Tamara
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500010
Resumo: There are many standards and recommendations for breathing air quality associated with respiratory protection equipment, but little has been done regarding the possible microbial contamination of medical air. The present study demonstrates quantitatively and qualitatively that pipelines might be incriminated as source of microbial contamination of compressed and synthetic air for medical use. Air samples were drawn into an especially pressure-resistant device and the bacterial and fungi contents were identified after growth on agar plates. The bacterial flora isolated from peripheral air outlets was virtually the same as that found in the central air-generating installations, consisting of a mixture of pathogens and normal skin bacteria. Several factors contributing to microbial contamination of medical air are mentioned and preventive measures are discussed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
title Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
spellingShingle Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
Andrade,Carolina Machado
microbial contamination
compressed air
synthetic air
medical air
title_short Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
title_full Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
title_fullStr Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
title_full_unstemmed Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
title_sort Microbial contamination of central supply systems for medical air
author Andrade,Carolina Machado
author_facet Andrade,Carolina Machado
Brown,Tamara
author_role author
author2 Brown,Tamara
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Andrade,Carolina Machado
Brown,Tamara
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv microbial contamination
compressed air
synthetic air
medical air
topic microbial contamination
compressed air
synthetic air
medical air
description There are many standards and recommendations for breathing air quality associated with respiratory protection equipment, but little has been done regarding the possible microbial contamination of medical air. The present study demonstrates quantitatively and qualitatively that pipelines might be incriminated as source of microbial contamination of compressed and synthetic air for medical use. Air samples were drawn into an especially pressure-resistant device and the bacterial and fungi contents were identified after growth on agar plates. The bacterial flora isolated from peripheral air outlets was virtually the same as that found in the central air-generating installations, consisting of a mixture of pathogens and normal skin bacteria. Several factors contributing to microbial contamination of medical air are mentioned and preventive measures are discussed.
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