Isolation And Identification Of Microorganisms Associated With The Use Of Automated Teller Machine (Atm) In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike (Mouau) And Its Environsxxx
ABSTRACT
The automated Teller Machine (ATM)
has been an important device in the banking sector and other financial
institutions. The keyboards and screens of these devices (ATMs) that were
situated in the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) and
its environs were examined in order to find out their microbial load potential,
in order to find out whether they were contaminated with pathogenic or
non-pathogenic microorganisms. Swab sticks soaked with normal sterile saline
were used to collect specimens from these devices, especially those surfaces
that people normally touch their hands during transactions — keypads and
screens. The Swab sticks were inoculated using the streak technique methods.
The results reveal that these machines that serve as cash dispensing device can
be a potential disease dispensing machines as bacterial isolates of the number
of samples analysied revealed microorganisms such as Staphylococcus spp is
about 82.5% (33), Bacillus spp 62.5% (25), Escherichia spp, 22.5% (9)
Streptococcus spp 15% (6) were found on the keyboards while fungal isolates of
the samples analyzed includes microbes such as Rhizopus spp with about 47.5%
(19), Aspergillus spp, 22.5% (9) and Penicillin spp, 20% (8) were found on the
keypads. These results give the impression that ATMs could be a potential
'pathogen city'. Therefore, adequate personal hygiene and regular routine
cleaning of these machines by the bank's authorities is recommended.
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IHEKE, D (2021). Isolation And Identification Of Microorganisms Associated With The Use Of Automated Teller Machine (Atm) In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike (Mouau) And Its Environsxxx. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 16, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/isolation-and-identification-of-microorganisms-associated-with-the-use-of-automated-teller-machine-atm-in-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-mouau-and-its-environsxxx-7-2
DAVID, IHEKE. "Isolation And Identification Of Microorganisms Associated With The Use Of Automated Teller Machine (Atm) In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike (Mouau) And Its Environsxxx" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 28 Jul. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/isolation-and-identification-of-microorganisms-associated-with-the-use-of-automated-teller-machine-atm-in-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-mouau-and-its-environsxxx-7-2. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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DAVID, IHEKE. "Isolation And Identification Of Microorganisms Associated With The Use Of Automated Teller Machine (Atm) In Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike (Mouau) And Its Environsxxx" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 16 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/isolation-and-identification-of-microorganisms-associated-with-the-use-of-automated-teller-machine-atm-in-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-mouau-and-its-environsxxx-7-2