ArticleJoint diseases and related surgery2022
Identification of human-dependent routes of pathogen's transmission in a tertiary care hospital.
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of the study was to validate the risk of patients' exposure to pathogenic flora carried on hands of students, visitors, and patients themselves, analyzing its density and genera and to compare them with the microflora of healthcare workers (HCWs). PATIENTS AND
methodsBetween May and June 2018, five groups of participants were included. Each group consisted of eight individuals. Palmar skin imprints were obtained from dominant hands of doctors, nurses, students, visitors, and patients in orthopedics ward. Imprints were incubated at 37°C under aerobic conditions, and colony-forming units (CFU) on each plate were counted after 24, 48, and 72 h. Microorganisms were identified.
resultsHands of doctors were colonized more often by Gram - positive non-spore-forming rods bacteria than hands of nurses (p<0.05). A higher number of Staphylococcus epidermidis CFUs was observed on doctors' than on nurses' hands (p<0.05), whereas Staphylococcus hominis was isolated from doctor's and patients' imprints, but was not from nurses' and students' imprints (p<0.05). Micrococcus luteus colonized patients' hands more often than students' (p<0.05), visitors' hands than doctors' (p<0.05), students' than nurses' (p<0.05), visitors' than nurses' (p<0.05) and patients' hands (p<0.05). Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was isolated only from one doctor and one nurse (203 and 10 CFUs/25 cm
conclusionPatients, students, and visitors may play the causal role in the spread of pathogenic bacteria, particularly spore-forming rods. Our study results confirm the effectiveness of educational activities, that is the hospital's hand hygiene program among HCWs, patients, and visitors. Hand hygiene procedures should be reviewed to put much more effort into reducing the impact of all studied groups on the transmission of infectious diseases.
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