Open AccessMicrobiological safety of glasses dispensed at 3D movie theatres
Author(s) -
Martina Giusti,
Lucia Marinelli,
Paolo Ursillo,
A. Del Cimmuto,
A Cottarelli,
Caterina Palazzo,
Carolina Marzuillo,
Angelo G. Solimini,
Antonio Boccia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cku019
Subject(s) - sanitation , operating theatres , coagulase , popularity , hygiene , medicine , business , environmental health , medical emergency , staphylococcus , psychology , biology , genetics , bacteria , pathology , staphylococcus aureus , social psychology
Recent popularity of three-dimensional movies raised some concern about microbiological safety of glasses dispensed into movie theatres. In this study, we analysed the level of microbiological contamination on them before and after use and between theatres adopting manual and automatic sanitation systems. The manual sanitation system was more effective in reducing the total mesophilic count levels compared with the automatic system (P < 0.05), but no differences were found for coagulase-positive staphylococci levels (P = 0.22). No differences were found for mould and yeast between before and after levels (P = 0.21) and between sanitation systems (P = 0.44). We conclude that more evidences are needed to support microbiological risk evaluation.
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