Isolation of pathogens from Hospital laundry water Landge Siddheshwar B., Baisthakur Pankaj O.1,*, Shind Vishal O.2, Jadhav Mahesh P.3, Puri Dipak G.1, Alse Vinayak B.1 Department of Microbiology, Maharashtra Udaygiri Mahavidhyalay, Udgir, Maharashtra 1Department of Microbiology, Late Baburao Patil Arts & Science College, Hingoli, Maharashtra 2Department of Microbiology, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose College, Nanded, Maharashtra 3Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, S. R. T. M. University, Nanded, Maharashtra *Corresponding Author: ps.srtmun@gmail.com
Online published on 12 July, 2024. Abstract Water samples were collected from the two laundry sites; i.e. pretreated and untreated hospital clothes washing centres. Microorganisms from these water samples were isolated, identified and tested for antibiotic sensitivity against Ampicillin, Tetracycline, Streptomycin, Gentamycin, Ciprofloxacin, Colistin, Co-Trimoxazole and Nitrofurantoin. Hospital clothes had heavy load of pathogenic microorganisms such as Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus. Majority of the isolates were found to be resistant to most of the antibiotics many β-lactams, Nitrofurantoin and tetracyclines, However, the water samples of pre-treated hospital clothes resulted in a low count of microbial load, as well as they showed sensitivity towards chemotherapeutic drugs. Top Keywords Hospital clothes, Laundry, Pathogens, Isolation, Identification, Antibiotic sensitivity. Top |