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KMID : 0358120020280040385
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2002 Volume.28 No. 4 p.385 ~ p.393
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Microbial Assessment of cloth environment at Child welfare institutions in Jinju District
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Chung Jung-Sook
Park Seon-Ja
Chung Duck-Hwa
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to assess the microbial level of cloth environment five child welfare institutions (A, B, C, D, E) in Jinju District Four major categories for experiment were personal hygiene, cloth hygiene of children, cloth environment in indoor and kitchen which were involved thirteen minor items. Main assessment tool on this research was total bacteria count. Whereas total bacteria count at B child welfare institution was high as 1.96x 10´CFU /100crd in hands, hair hygiene was good at the sane place. According to cloth hygiene of children, hygienic condition of E place was bad with a high level of bacteria counts from various items including socks, shoes. Total bacteria of indoor cloth environment at a1 child welfare institutions was beyond the standard level, but indoors air was more clean than other items. In cloth environment of kitchen, dishcloth and apron of C place showed high level of total bacteria counts with _´2iO CFU/100cm2 and TNTC, respectively. Fungi were also screened from every item except hair, and detected as high frequency in socks of A, B, C and E places. Among them, B place was oftenly-contaminated w±. Fungi in various items such as socks, bed cloths, apron and rubber gloves. In conclusion, periodic surveillance on microbial assessment of cloth environment should be necessary for the safety of cloth environment at child welfare institutions, so more hygienic practice and education of staff members were also reinforced.
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KEYWORD
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child welfare institutions, cloth environment, microbial assessment
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