Magnitude, Diversity, and Antibiograms of Bacteria Isolated from Patient-Care Equipment and Inanimate Objects of Selected Wards in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.

Melkam BirruMatusal MengistuMunira SirajAddis AkliluKalicha BoruMelat WoldemariamGelila BiresawMohammed SeidAseer Manilal

Published in: Research and reports in tropical medicine (2021)

A stringent infection-vigilance program comprising routine sampling from equipment and inanimate objects combined with antimicrobial-resistance surveillance and decontamination efforts must be instituted promptly.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
quality improvement
public health
healthcare
clinical practice
acute care
adverse drug