%0 Journal Article
%T Cloraci¨®n y contaminaci¨®n bacteriana. Aguas turbulentas en los hospitales
%A Mac¨ªas
%A Alejandro E.
%A Monroy
%A Rebeca
%A Mu£¿oz
%A Juan M.
%A Medina
%A Humberto
%A Ponce de Le¨®n
%A Samuel
%J Revista de investigaci¨®n cl¨ªnica
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X objective. to know the quality of the water from hospitals and the risks that poor chlorination implies. methods. we analyzed 90 water specimens from 15 hospitals (9 from the private and 6 from the public sector). specimens were obtained from three areas (hospitalization ward, operating room, and kitchen) in two visits. results. by microbiologic analysis, we found 30 (33.3 %) contaminated specimens. by chemical analysis, we found only 49 (54.5 %) specimens with adequate chlorination (> 1 mg/l). of the 30 contaminated specimens, only 7 (23.3%) had adequate chlorination. on the other hand, of the 60 specimens without contamination, 42 (79%) had adequate chlorination ( - 17.561, p < 0.001). the significant difference was sustained when the criterion for appropriate chlorination was established at > 0.5 mg/l. conclusions. hospitals require guidelines for water chlorination and testing to maintain it at > 0.5 mg/l in every point of use.
%K hospital infection
%K water supply
%K water microbiology.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-83762006000500008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en