Environmental bacterial and fungal contamination in high touch surfaces and indoor air of a paediatric intensive care unit in Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique in 2018

• Main Authors: Vânia Maphossa (Author), José Carlos Langa (Author), Samuel Simbine (Author), Fabião Edmundo Maússe (Author), Darlene Kenga (Author), Ventura Relvas (Author), Valéria Chicamba (Author), Alice Manjate (Author), Jahit Sacarlal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The hospital environment serves as a reservoir of microorganisms which may be associated with healthcare-associated infections (HCAI). The study of environmental contamination with microorganisms is a method for the assessment of hospital environmental hygiene. We sought to eval...