Hospital Waste and Typhoid Fever, a Public Health Problem in Hospital: Cases of Nurses in Four Care Institutions in Kinshasa (Rd. Congo)

The present study aims to determine the activity of gatifloxacin against Salmonella typhi at the base of typhoid contracted by nurses following the management of hospital waste in a Kinshasa health facility in RD.Congo. The management of hospital waste solid or not does not follow the standards issued by the WHO (garbage are not in the standards, the staff has no protective equipment and everything is done by hand). Of the 38 nurses who were followed, 94.74% were completely cured and all symptoms disappeared after three days of taking the antibiotic.