Taking your work home with you: Potential risks of contaminated clothing and hair in the dental clinic and attitudes about infection control.
| Autor: | Davidson, Taylor, Lewandowski, Erica, Smerecki, Meghan, Stratton, Halee, Alhabeil, Jamal, Wheater, Michelle, Shepherd, Kathi, Krukonis, Eric S. |
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CROSS infection prevention
BACTERIA BACTERIAL growth PREVENTION of communicable diseases DENTAL clinics DENTAL hygienists DENTAL schools DENTAL students HAIR HEALTH occupations students HYGIENE MICROBIAL genetics MICROBIAL sensitivity tests MICROBIOLOGICAL techniques POLYMERASE chain reaction QUESTIONNAIRES SCALE analysis (Psychology) STERILIZATION (Disinfection) STUDENT attitudes SURVEYS UNIFORMS DESCRIPTIVE statistics SEQUENCE analysis BACTERIAL contamination |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Infection Control / Revue Canadienne de Prévention des Infections; Fall2017, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p137-142, 6p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Microbial contamination of clinic clothing is a potential source of infectious organisms spreading to the environment and susceptible people. The goal of this study was to educate dental professionals about the levels of bacterial contamination on clinic clothing and hair following dental clinic sessions. Methods: Surveys of 30 dental and dental hygiene students assessed attitudes regarding microbial contamination on clinic clothing. Bacterial samples were isolated from a sterilized swatch of clinic clothing (scrubs) attached to the pants below the coat-line or to a hair band and processed for bacterial enumeration and identification. Results: We found nearly all dental and dental hygiene students perform errands in their contaminated clinic clothing, but almost all felt they would be more likely to take better infection control precautions if they were aware of how much bacteria contaminate their clothing after a day in the clinic. Microbial analysis of swatches from scrubs showed a range from 250-60,000 bacteria/swatch (median = 5,400), while hair samples contained 130-84,800 bacteria/swatch (median = 19,300), including some potential pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate the importance of changing out of clinic clothing and washing one's hair as soon as possible after a clinic session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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