Inglot Anna, Gniadek Agnieszka, Tokarz Zuzanna, Krzyściak Wirginia, Papież Monika, Krzyściak Paweł
Postgraduate Student at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika Street 45, 31-501 Krakow, Poland.
Department of Nursing Management and Epidemiological Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika Street 45, 31-501 Krakow, Poland.
Microorganisms. 2025 May 9;13(5):1099. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13051099.
Poor air quality within hospitals can contribute to a range of health issues, collectively known as sick hospital syndrome, encompassing respiratory, skin, and nonspecific symptoms. poses a significant risk of severe respiratory infections, particularly within intensive care unit (ICU) patients often with compromised immune systems. This study was conducted in the intensive care units of three selected hospitals in Cracow, Poland. Air samples were obtained using the single-stage impactor MAS-100 NT Ex (Merck). The air samples were taken from each ward, seasonally, four times a year. Sampling of intensive care units' air for revealed the significant diversity in fungal concentration and unveiled seasonal fluctuations in culturable fungi levels. The highest concentration of species complexes was detected during autumn, while the lowest was in spring. The disturbing occurrence of in hospitals' air emphasizes the importance of monitoring fungal air bioburden and assessing air control efficiency and highlights the urgent need to develop and validate microbiological standards for fungal air contamination in hospitals.
医院内空气质量差会导致一系列健康问题，统称为医院获得性综合征，包括呼吸道、皮肤和非特异性症状。这对严重呼吸道感染构成重大风险，尤其是在免疫系统通常受损的重症监护病房（ICU）患者中。本研究在波兰克拉科夫的三家选定医院的重症监护病房进行。使用单级撞击器MAS-100 NT Ex（默克公司）采集空气样本。每年分四季从每个病房采集空气样本，共四次。对重症监护病房空气进行采样显示，真菌浓度存在显著差异，并揭示了可培养真菌水平的季节性波动。在秋季检测到物种复合体的最高浓度，而在春季最低。医院空气中令人不安的存在强调了监测真菌空气生物负荷和评估空气控制效率的重要性，并突出了制定和验证医院真菌空气污染微生物标准的迫切需求。
