Open AccessA survey of public restrooms microbial contamination in Tehran city, capital of Iran, during 2019
Author(s) -
Esfandiar Matini,
Farzad Shayeghi,
Mohammad Eslami Vaghar,
Javad Nematian,
Sadaf Sadat Hosseini,
Nima Mojri,
Negin Tahanpour Taherabadi,
Roqayeh Hakimi,
Niloofar Ahmadi,
Niloufar Badkoubeh,
Hossein Esmaeili,
Morteza Akhlaghi,
Hamidreza Vaseghnia
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_300_20
Subject(s) - toilet , medicine , environmental health , hygiene , public health , hand washing , contamination , capital city , personal hygiene , toxicology , veterinary medicine , family medicine , nursing , pathology , geography , ecology , economic geography , biology
Daily use of public restrooms may have a significant impact on spreading infectious diseases. Human society could be affected by spreading of transitional infectious diseases through feces, urinary tract infection and poor personal hygiene. According to the World Health Organization reports, plenty of people's developed diseases caused by contaminated public restrooms that may result in severe health problems.