Background: Hospital-acquired infections are considered one of the most confusing because oftheir association with antibiotic- and antiseptic-resistant bacteria.Acinetobacter bacteria are aerobic, Gram-negative coccobacilli, non- fermenting, isolated inhospital environments, causing infections that are widely spread in recent decades, and due to thespread of it in our hospitals causing hospital-acquired infections, this study will investigate it inperipheral samples from several wards in a University Hospital, with a comparison between thewards, and according to the type of taken sample.Materials and methods: The study was conducted at Al-Mouwasat University Hospital inDamascus, on 50 samples taken from 5 wards: Intensive Care Unit, Fifth Aid, Burns and PlasticSurgery, General Surgery, and Internal medicine Ward. The taken samples were: air, water,patients' beds, mobile phones, resuscitation and breathing devices, and Acinetobacter wereisolated in the microbiology laboratory between 1/1/2021 until 1/7/2021, and all Gram-positive,fermenting Gram-negative, and positive oxidase bacteria were excluded, identification isconfirmed after performing Gram staining of the sample.Results: Acinetobacter was isolated from 19 out of 50 samples (38%), and the largest positivepercentage was from the Intensive Care unit (22%, 11/50), while it was not isolated from InternalMedicine ward, but for the samples, it was isolated for the largest proportion of Resuscitationequipment (6/50, 12%, and 6/19, 31.6%), while it was not isolated from water in all wards.Conclusion: Our study confirmed the presence of Acinetobacter in the environment of thehospital, which is a source of infection for inpatients, while determining the difference in theirspread among the wards of the hospital, in order to make the necessary recommendations to limitthe spread and follow appropriate methods of disinfection and sterilization, in accordance withthe nature of the studied sources of infection. This version is archived in the Arab International University (AIU) repository for open access and dissemination purposes. The content of this paper has not been modified from the orginal publication. For more information, please visit the official repository of Arab International University (AIU) https://www.aiu.edu.sy
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