Bacterial Contamination Status of Automated Teller Machine Keyboards Islamabade Gharb city in 2016

A lot of people every day to do their banking transactions from Automated Teller Machine. In case of contamination Automated Teller Machine keyboard as the center of the action pollution and contamination transferred to future users. This study aimed to investigate bacterial contamination Automated Teller Machine keyboard was conducted in the city of Islamabad gharb.
In this cross-sectional study, 53 Samples of the Automated Teller Machine keyboard of Islamabad Gharb city were taken and moved to the lab. In the laboratory, using standard diagnostic methods of bacteriology, including staining, biochemical tests and culture in differential, selective and specific media were isolated of gram positive and negative bacteria.
Based on the results all 53 samples were contaminated by bacteria. The most frequent bacteria isolated Escherichia coli (37.72 percent) and lowest frequencies of Enterobacter (1.89 percent) and Diphtheroids (1.89 percent). The antibiotic resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolates, respectively the highest and lowest resistance was to penicillin 92.8 percent and vancomycin 9.44 percent. The number of bacterial genera isolated keyboard appearance and cleanliness there was a significant relationship (p Due to contamination by pathogenic bacteria samples, education of personal hygiene in members, Regular cleaning and disinfection devices and the use of antibacterial materials in the structure of the keyboard in order to control and reduce pollution is effective.