A Researcher from the Department of Biology Obtains a Patent on a New Method for Investigating Pathogens in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization

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Teaching assistant prof. Dr. Hiam Abdel Redha Karim from the Department of Biology at the College of Education for Pure Sciences at the University of Kerbala obtained a patent from the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control to enable her to find a new method to investigate pathogenic causes for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.
The patent included the cultivation of samples on culture media from 180 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization of both types, diagnostic catheterization, therapeutic catheterization, and both diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization for both sexes in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Unit at the Imam Hussein Teaching Hospital, peace be upon him, in the Holy Governorate of Kerbala, and with ages ranging from ( 30-80) years,
The patent consisted of three methods for collecting pathological samples, which included the traditional method, Blood Culture, the new innovative method, Swabs from a cardiac catheterization kit, and the modified method, Catheter Tip Culture. Bacteria and yeasts were diagnosed according to approved diagnostic methods. The ability of pathological isolates to form Biofilm was also investigated. The results showed that 29 samples were positive for bacterial culture, while the results of the ability of the pathogenic isolates to produce biofilm were obtained using the (MTP) test.
The patent aimed to find a scientific method with accurate results, low effort and cost, characterized by easy detection of pathogenic causes without the need to draw blood from the patient, meaning that they are done at the same time as the cardiac catheterization procedure, and at the same time the patient’s blood is examined to ensure its safety from Bacteremia, which may cause contamination through the patient’s skin or the use of not well-sterilized tools in the laboratory, instead of the blood culture examination, which originally required only a set of tests from the patient undergoing cardiac catheterization.