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Singh, Gurjeet; Urhekar, A. D.

 
9783659359484: Bacterial Contaminated Stethoscopes: A Source of Nosocomial Infections
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ISBN 10 : 3659359483 ISBN 13 : 9783659359484
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Stethoscopes are important vehicle for transmission of nosocomial infection from one patient to others. The study showed assessment of bacteria from diaphragm of stethoscopes of health care workers in a tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai. In our study swabs were collected from stethoscopes by rubbing sterile, moist swabs on the entire surface of diaphragms. In the second part of the study, the same stethoscope diaphragm was cleaned with alcohol rubs, allowed to act for 3-5 minutes and again second swab was collected from the same stethoscopes. The swabs were directly inoculated on blood agar, MacConkey agar plates. Standard methods were followed for isolation and identification of bacteria. All Staphylococcus strain was tested for MRSA. Antibiotic sensitivity was performed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines to study antibiotic susceptibility pattern.Our study highlights the need to disinfect the stethoscopes diaphragms by simply applying the alcohol rubs to prevent any spread of bacteria from patient to patients.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Stethoscopes are important vehicle for transmission of nosocomial infection from one patient to others. The study showed assessment of bacteria from diaphragm of stethoscopes of health care workers in a tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai. In our study swabs were collected from stethoscopes by rubbing sterile, moist swabs on the entire surface of diaphragms. In the second part of the study, the same stethoscope diaphragm was cleaned with alcohol rubs, allowed to act for 3-5 minutes and again second swab was collected from the same stethoscopes. The swabs were directly inoculated on blood agar, MacConkey agar plates. Standard methods were followed for isolation and identification of bacteria. All Staphylococcus strain was tested for MRSA. Antibiotic sensitivity was performed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines to study antibiotic susceptibility pattern.Our study highlights the need to disinfect the stethoscopes diaphragms by simply applying the alcohol rubs to prevent any spread of bacteria from patient to patients.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mr. Gurjeet Singh, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology, M.Sc. Medical Microbiology, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai-410209, Maharashtra, India. I have published 2 research articles in indexed international journals. I am interested to do research in the field Medical of Microbiology.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659359483
ISBN 13 
9783659359484
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
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