Tarka Patryk, Borowska-Solonynko Aleksandra, Brzozowska Małgorzata, Nitsch-Osuch Aneta, Kanecki Krzysztof, Kuthan Robert, Garczewska Barbara
Department of Social Medicine and Public Health; Medical University of Warsaw, 3 Oczki St., 02-007 Warsaw, Poland.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, 1 Oczki st., 02-007 Warsaw, Poland.
Pathogens. 2020 Aug 12;9(8):648. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080648.
Autopsies of exhumed bodies pose a risk of infections with environmental bacteria or fungi, which may be life-threatening. Thus, it is important to use effective methods of disinfection in forensic pathology facilities. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of no-touch automated disinfection (NTD) system after autopsies of exhumed bodies. Directly after 11 autopsies of exhumed bodies, we used an NTD system based on a peroxone vapor to disinfect the air and surfaces. We measured microbial burden in the air and on surfaces before and after NTD. The NTD system reduced the mean bacterial burden in the air from 171 colony forming units (CFU)/m to 3CFU/m. The mean fungal burden in the air decreased from 221 CFU/m to 9CFU/m. The mean all-surface microbial burden was 79 CFU/100 cm after all autopsies, and it decreased to 2 CFU/100 cm after NTD. In conclusion, the peroxone-based NTD system was effective for decontamination of the air and surfaces in a dissecting room after autopsies of exhumed bodies.
对挖掘出的尸体进行尸检存在感染环境细菌或真菌的风险,这可能会危及生命。因此,在法医病理设施中使用有效的消毒方法很重要。在本研究中,我们调查了对挖掘出的尸体进行尸检后非接触式自动消毒(NTD)系统的有效性。在对11具挖掘出的尸体进行尸检后,我们立即使用基于过氧酮蒸汽的NTD系统对空气和表面进行消毒。我们测量了NTD前后空气和表面的微生物负荷。NTD系统将空气中的平均细菌负荷从171菌落形成单位(CFU)/立方米降至3CFU/立方米。空气中的平均真菌负荷从221CFU/立方米降至9CFU/立方米。所有尸检后所有表面的平均微生物负荷为79CFU/100平方厘米,NTD后降至2CFU/100平方厘米。总之,基于过氧酮的NTD系统对挖掘出的尸体进行尸检后解剖室的空气和表面消毒有效。