en Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering پژوهشي Original Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Background;</strong> Pollution of drinking water and ice is one of the most serious ways of water borne diseases spread. The purpose of this study was to investigate the bacterial contamination of the ice produced by ice factories in Bandar Abbas.<br> <strong>Methods; </strong>In this descriptive ,cross-sectional study samples were collected from seven ice factories in Bandar Abbas. Sampling was done by standard method.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount of the Contamination of ice and water to coliforms was investigated by the Multiple Tube method to determine the MPN, isolate bacteria and identify the microorganisms using conventional bacteriological techniques and counting the total count of bacteria by the Plate Count method on a nutrient agar medium. The data was analyzed by the SPSS software.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Results; </strong>In this study, a total of 84 samples were investigated. Gram-positive bacteria (65.5%) and gram-negative bacteria(34.5%) were separated from each other. The MPN rate in samples and total count of bacteria were 0->1100 and 2&times;10¹&times;10⁴ CFU/mL, respectively.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Conclusion;</strong>The results suggest that necessary precautions be taken by environmental health specialists and other public health authorities in production, transportation and distribution of the ice blocks to reduce the rate of bacterial contamination.</span></span></p> Ice, Bacterial contamination, Bandar abbas ,Ice factories 220 226 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-55-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nahid Moradi moradi_nahid@yahoo.com 10031947532846009360 10031947532846009360 Yes Food and Cosmetic Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Sedighe Javadpour sedigheh.javadpour@yahoo.com 10031947532846009361 10031947532846009361 No Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Ahmad Zaheri zaheripnu@gmail.com 10031947532846009362 10031947532846009362 No Bandar Abbas University of Payamenoor, Bandar Abbas, Iran.