Bacterial Contaminants in Ambulances from a Tertiary Care Hospital as Potential Threats to Patients and Medical Staff in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia—Effect of Decontamination
Ahmed E Taha, Ahmad R Alharbi, Omar N Alharbi, Alaaeldin M Komila, Abdullah Almushawwah, Solaiman Aldeghaim, Ahmed N Algefary, Majed Allahim, Khalid Alzaben, Faisal M Alharbi, Carmelo Biondo · 2025
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Ahmed Taha and a team of co-authors swab ambulances in Saudi Arabia to check for harmful bacteria. Their study is from two thousand twenty-five, at a hospital in the Al-Qassim region. Ambulances can carry germs from one patient to the next, and some germs resist common drugs. The team wanted to test how well cleaning works in practice.
They took two hundred four swabs after patient trips, and the same number right after cleaning. About forty-six percent of the first set grew bacteria. The worst spots were the shock device, the ceiling, and the seats for staff. Most of those sites were shared across many trips each day. Cleaning cut the contamination a great deal. The study also profiled which drugs still worked against the germs found.
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| CREATOR | Ahmed E Taha, Ahmad R Alharbi, Omar N Alharbi, Alaaeldin M Komila, Abdullah Almushawwah, Solaiman Aldeghaim, Ahmed N Algefary, Majed Allahim, Khalid Alzaben, Faisal M Alharbi, Carmelo Biondo |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |