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Background & Objective: Every operating room has been associated with a variety of occupational hazards, but not many studies have been conducted to assess and address these hazards. We used a qualitative approach to explore operating room personnel's experiences of workplace hazards and how these hazards threaten their occupational safety and health (OSH). Methodology: This qualitative study was conducted in five teaching hospitals in the south-west of Iran from February 2019 to March 2021. The sample was 24 operating room personnel who were selected under convenient sampling technique. Data were collected using semi-structured, individual interviews, document review and non-participant observation. The collected data were analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis method using MAXQDA v. 2020. Results: After prolonged analysis of the data, the researchers extracted 644 codes, 13 subcategories, 4 categories, and 1 main theme. The main theme of the study was working in a context of occupational hazards. Conclusions: Operating rooms are full of potential dangers, which, when combined with the personnel's negligence and management inefficiencies, increase the risk of occupational health and safety. Therefore, making working conditions safe by providing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), in-service training, and identifying and managing the causes of personnel negligence are recommended. Moreover, strategies should be introduced to manage stress and conflicts among the healthcare personnel, thus controlling psychological hazards.
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This study was conducted to investigate isolation and molecular identification of Acinetobacter baumannii in COVID-19 patients from clinical specimens includes, sputum, lower respirayory secretion of patients admitted to Medical Teaching City and Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, Al-Hussein teaching hospital in Karbala, with study the rate of biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii. In addition to investigate the to determine the frequency of responsible virulence genes. During a period from the first of October 2020 to the end of May 2021. A total of 100 respiratory patients 25 patients positive A. baumannii enrolled in this study, patient’s age ranged from (≤ 25-88) year, 9 female and 16 male. A. baumannii were isolated and diagnosed primarily by characteristic features on culture media and biochemical tests then by VITEK 2 system to confirm diagnosis. A total of (25%) Acinetobacter baumannii were isolated in this study. The highest proportion (21%) of Acinetobacter baumannii was from sputum specimens, which include 27.59% in males and 21.43% in females, followed by (4%) in lower respiratory secretion of patients, which is all from males. According of infection a 25 A. baumannii isolated from covid-19 patients. the result showed that positive of A. baumannii 9 (36.0%) of isolated respiratory patients of Negative covid-19, while 16(64.0%) of positive A. baumannii of positive covid-19. In present study, out of 16 isolates of Covid 19 patient that were ITS gene (68.80%). In conclusion, high frequency of Acinetobacter baumannii infection was observed among (>45 year) and covid-19 patients.