Effectiveness of Fumigation Techniques Against Microbial Spectrum in Ambulances

This study presents a microbial infection risk in the pre-hospital environment especially in an ambulance. Ambulances are at a severe risk for nosocomial infection. The objective behind this study was to estimate the contaminants i.e. microbiological spectrum in ambulance to analyse the effectiveness of disinfection in controlling these contamination. The most common organisms isolated from the ambulances were coagulase positive Staphylococcusaureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus species, Escherichia coli, Listeria species, Enterobacter aerogens, Salmonellaspecies, Klebsiella and coagulase negative Staphylococci. The samples were collected from 10 different ambulances which were active in service, before and after disinfection. The samples were maintained in ambient temperature using thermo-electrical cooler and were transported to the laboratory. Through this project, we recommend the application of disinfection techniques to reduce the infection in the ambulances.