Bio-Safety In Operation Theaters And Role Of Microbiological Surveillance

In times if dealing with Tetanus and Gas gangrene infections. The environments in the operation theatre are dynamic and subject to continuous change. Good infrastructures do not mean a safe environment as human make a greater difference in making the environment unsafe. Microbiologists should be aware of organisms, sites and populations as surveillance cultures should be chosen carefully to allow meaningful interpretation of results.

Microbiologists should be familiar with the clinical techniques as those normally used for culturing clinical specimens may not yield a correct result when applied to environmental specimens. Sites and cultured reports should not be chosen as etiological sources in the present infections. Culturing unnecessary surface areas causes confusion and meaningful interpretation is lost. AIR IS THE IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INFECTION Bacterial counts in operation theatres…