Microbiological Contamination of the Office Environment in Dental and Medical Practice.

The microbiological contamination of the environment in independent healthcare facilities such as dental and general practitioner offices was poorly studied. The aims of this study were to describe qualitatively and quantitatively the bacterial and fungal contamination in these healthcare facilities and to analyze the antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens identified. Microbiological samples were taken from the surfaces of waiting, consulting, and sterilization rooms and from the air of waiting room of ten dental and general practitioner offices.

[Allergies and health surveillance networks].

Allergies are evidence of an immune conflict between individuals and their environment. Health surveillance in this area monitors the evolution of these allergies and their causes and studies the link between changes to the environment in terms of the air, food, medicines or cosmetics.