Open AccessVisually clean is not necessarily microbiologically safe: Learnings from WASH assessment of maternity units of Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
Poonam Trivedi,
Krupali Patel,
Sandul Yasobant,
Pachillu Kalpana,
Priya Bhavsar,
Devang Raval,
Deepak Saxena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1066_19
Subject(s) - medicine , sanitation , hygiene , hand washing , environmental health , context (archaeology) , documentation , geography , archaeology , pathology , computer science , programming language
Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) within the context of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is well debated; however, WASH in health care sector is still in nascent phase, especially for maternity units. Although there are studies on WASH in maternity units, least are focused towards the microbiological safety. The objective of present study is to compare the visual assessment with microbiological assessment of selected maternity units of Gujarat (India) and to document microbiological contamination and drug resistance.