A Study of Hand Contamination and Hand Washing Practices in Toilet Door Knobs Pollution Public Health
| Vol-4 | Issue-03 | March 2019 | Published Online: 13 March 2019 PDF ( 166 KB ) | ||
| Author(s) | ||
| Pooja Choubey 1; Dr. Krishan Pal 2 | ||
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1Research Scholar, OPJS University, Churu, Rajasthan 2Associate Professor, OPJS University, Churu, Rajasthan |
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| Abstract | ||
The increasing incidence of disease epidemics and their spread from one group to another have become important concerns for public health. The bacterial contamination was examined for door handles / public convenience grips for selected government offices, motor parks and markets in India. 156 samples were positive out of the 180 samples grown in Swab (86.7%). There were more positive studies of female clothes handles / knobs (41.7%) and door handles / knobs in bathrooms (11.5%) than male ones. The study also found that toilet door handles / knifes were infected more often in markets, motor parks and restaurants than in government offices and banks. In the door handles / knot, contamination was also higher (87.2%) than in the door handles / knobs for bathrooms (85%). Coliforms were mainly bacterial pathogens. Isolated bacterium pathogens include Staphylococcus aureus (30.1%), Klebsiella Pneumoniae (25.7%), Escherichia coli (16 Community Health Officers, Environmental Protection Board and health officials), as well as private public education agencies on human and environmental health. It indicates that the popular places in the city have highly pathogenic bacteria, which will soon cause epidemics. The public will thus be educated on personal and environmental hydration by community health authorities, health officials, and the Environmental Protection Board and private organisations. |
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| Keywords | ||
| Public conveniences, Door handles/knobs, Bacterial contamination, Pathogenic bacteria, Epidemics, Environmental hygiene. | ||
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