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Malhotra, S.
- Infection Control in the Operation Room Environment in India
Authors
1 G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, IN
2 Dept. of microbiology, Dr RMLH, PGIMER, New Delhi, IN
3 GNEC, New Delhi, IN
Source
The Indian Practitioner, Vol 67, No 8 (2014), Pagination: 486-489Abstract
Purpose: In this study the infection control practices in Guru Nanak Eye Care (GNEC) have been critically evaluated.
Methods: Guru Nanak Eye Centre is a tertiary care hospital which handles 1,94,000 patients attending the OPD in a year. An average of 10,000 surgeries were performed every year. Given the large daily turnover rate in the OT, maintaining a clean environment is a continuous challenge for the theatre staff and the infection control team. In the paper we have tried to analyse the work load, population, patients profile and the effectiveness of our infection control procedure over a period of one year.
Results: It was noted that the bacterial counts increased from no growth/< 1 cfu/ml/min immediately post fumigation levels to 6/25 cfu/ml/min in an average of one to one and half months period. In the months of October, December and January there were low colony counts at an average of 5-6 cfu/ml/min. Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus, S. aureus and Aerobic spore bearers were isolated the whole year round. In the month of February, fungus especially aspergillus was isolated.
Conclusion: It is recommended that in ophthalmic operation theaters there should be a decrease in the number of surgeries to be carried out as the patients themselves contributed to the increased air borne bacterial count.
Keywords
Infection Pattern, Ophthalmic Operation Theatre, Infection Control, Recommendations.
- Intelligent inspection technology for cross-country buried petroleum pipelines
Authors
1 Control Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
2 Electromagnetic Applications and Instrumentation Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
3 Seismology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
4 Tower 6, Flat 401, Sagar Darshan, Sector 18, Navi Mumbai 400 706, India
Source
Current Science, Vol 123, No 3 (2022), Pagination: 396-405Abstract
A case study is presented here on the continued development efforts at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on instrumented pipeline inspection gauge for Indian Oil Corporation Limited over the last two decades. A marvel of technology involving challenges of non-destructive testing techniques, mechanical, magnetism, electronics, data processing and analysis, operational safety requirements and portability, qualifications of the tools and characterization of defects with acceptable accuracy were achieved to be at par with the internationally available tools. These tools are being extensively deployed in the field. The homegrown technology for in-line inspection has brought down the cost of the tool and that of the services per kilometre. Different technologies are now being pursued to ensure that the in-line inspection work in the country is carried out in an ‘Atmanirbhar’ way.Full Text
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