Annales de Biologie Clinique
MENUEvaluation of the environmental contamination in microbiology Which strategy to adopt? Volume 77, issue 2, Mars-Avril 2019
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1 Service de biologie clinique, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
2 Unités fonctionnelles d’hygiène hospitalière et de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales, Centre hospitalier Sud-Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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- Key words: environnemental contamination, ISO 17025, risk management
- DOI : 10.1684/abc.2019.1424
- Page(s) : 225-8
- Published in: 2019
The culture of micro-organisms exposes to the risk of microbiological contamination at all stages of the analysis: inoculation on culture media, incubation, and observation of cultures. During our accreditation renewal audit, a surveillance point was notified, regarding the lack of consideration of the risk of microbiological contamination. Its mastery mainly relies on cleaning/disinfection operations and their traceability. In addition, several strategies based on environmental sampling or indicators can be performed. We propose a risk analysis in order to present these strategies.
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