Survey of bacterial contamination of environment of swimming pools in Yazd city, in 2013

سال انتشار: 1394
محل انتشار: مجله مدیریت و مهندسی بهداشت محیط، دوره: 2، شماره: 3
کد COI اختصاصی: JR_EHEM-2-3_003
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 684

نویسندگان

Lecturer, Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Department of Environmental Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Salman Zarei

MSc of Environmental Health Engineering, Chief of Environmental Protection, Ilam Gas Company, Ilam, Iran

Narges Khanjani

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

چکیده

Background: Infections are readily transmitted as a result of bacterial contamination of swimming pools. Therefore, hygiene and preventing the contamination of swimming pools is of particular importance. The objective of this study was to determine the amount of bacterial contamination in indoor pools of Yazd in 2013.Methods: In this descriptive and analytical study, all indoor swimming pools of Yazd (12 pools) were evaluated during the spring and summer of 2013, in terms of bacterial contamination. In order to determine contamination, a sterile cotton swab was used for sampling. On average, 45 samples were taken from different surfaces in each pool (shower, dressing room, sitting places in sauna, platforms and around the pool). In total, about 540 samples from all pools were tested for bacterial contamination.Results: The results show that from 540 samples, bacterial contamination was observed in about 93 samples (17.22%); and was seen more in showers, edges of the pool and jacuzzis, and the slippers used in swimming pools. The most important isolated bacteria types were E. coli, Actinobacteria, Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia.Conclusion: The results indicate the presence of bacterial contamination on the surface of these places. It is recommended that health authorities should pay more attention to cleaning and disinfecting surfaces around the pool, showers, dressing rooms etc, to prevent infectious disease transfer as a result of contact with contaminated swimming pool surfaces.

کلیدواژه ها

Bacterial contamination, Health indices, Swimming pools, Yazd

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