Table 1 Environmental hygiene-testing report for an emergency sampling of breast milk bank
From: Detection of Clostridium perfringens in donor milk at a human breast milk bank: a case report
Item | Test specimen | Result | Reference range |
|---|---|---|---|
Hand hygiene | Hygienic hands of operators at the breast milk bank | 3.33 cfu/cm2 | ≤ 10 cfu/cm2 |
Object surface | -20°C refrigerator door handles | 1.4 cfu/cm2 | Class II area II: ≤ 5 cfu/cm2 |
-20°C refrigerator drawer | 0.2 cfu/cm2 | ||
The interior of a 4°C refrigerator | 2.3 cfu/cm2 | ||
Ultra-clean workbench tops | 1.1Â cfu/cm2 | ||
The interior of the pasteurization water bath | 0Â cfu/cm2 | ||
Breast milk samples | Donor1’s Breast milk 1 (before pasteurization) | S. epidermidis |  |
Donor2’s Breastmilk 2 (before pasteurization) | S. epidermidis | ||
Donor3’s Breastmilk 3 (before pasteurization) | S. vestibularis | ||
Donor3’s Breastmilk 3 (after pasteurization) | No bacteria or yeast-like fungi |