• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.7-16
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• 1987

A study was carried out to determine the adequacy of springs as drinking water in summer and in winter separately. In this study, environmental sanitation, physio-chemical examination, bacteriologic contamination and the content of heavy metal were included. For this study, samples were collected from 8 springs which were located in the suburbs of Chunchon city. The following results were obtained. 1. There was the covering system in 1 out of 8 springs. 6 out of 8 springs showed contaminating source within lorn. 2. In physio-chemical test, six out of 8 springs were found to be unsafe for the legitimate standard of safty water. 3. Bateriologic examination clone during summer showed the evidence of coilform group at 7 out of 8 springs and during winter showed positivity at 3 out of 8 springs. 4. In the study for heavy metal content, all places showed high iron level beyond the standard level of salty water, and 4 places showed high contents of fluorine, mangan and lead.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.211-218
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• 2012

This study was performed to understand the bacteriologic contamination level of radiological equipments which have frequent contacts with patients in the Department of Radiology of an university hospital in Busan area. Before sterilizing in-patient of the radiology rooms, MRSA, VRE, acinetobacter baumannii, candida albicans, and enterococcus sp. were detected. After sterilization, all the bacteria were not found. As examine times become longer, more bacteria were detected and after 7 hours, bacillus sp.(GPR), CNS, acinetobacter baumannii, and Enterococcus sp. were detected. After examining infected patients, bacillus sp.(GPR), VRE, enterococcus sp. CNS, and micrococcus sp. were detected and on the hands of radiological technologists, CNS, enterococcus sp. escherichia coli, and enterobacter sp. were detected. Similar species of bacteria were detected from each radiology room, but pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected on the handles of portable radiological equipments and the chair in the waiting room. Therefore, it is the most important to regularly sterilize radiological equipments and devices which have frequent contacts with patients and to sterilize them right after the use of infected patients in order to prevent the spread of infection. Also, thorough hand washing, education on infection and management for the characteristics of Department of Radiology should be performed for the systematic prevention of infection.