Measurement of air contamination in different wards of public sector hospital, Sukkur

Author Affiliation

Wajid H. Rizvi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Marketing, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Faculty / School

Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)

Department

Department of Marketing

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

ISSN

1011-601X

Disciplines

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics | Other Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health | Toxicology

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate and assess the index of bacterial contamination in different wards of the Public Sector Hospital of Sukkur (Teaching) Pakistan; whether or not the air contamination was statistically different from the acceptable level using active and passive sampling. In addition to this main hypothesis, other investigations included: occurrence of the most common bacteria, whether or not the bacterial contamination in the wards was a persistent problem and identification of the effective antibiotics against the identified bacteria. The evidence sought based on the One Sample T test suggests that there is a (statistically) significant difference between the observed (higher) than the acceptance level (p0.01) and the result of antibiotic susceptibility test highlights sensitivity and resistance level of antibiotics for the identified bacteria.

Indexing Information

HJRS - Y Category, Scopus, Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI)

Publication Status

Published

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