Laboratory-acquired skin infections in a clinical microbiologist: Is wearing only gloves really safe?

DUMAN Y., YAKUPOĞULLARI Y., OTLU B., TEKEREKOĞLU M. S.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.44, sa.8, ss.935-937, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.016
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.935-937
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Staphylococcus aureus, laboratory-acquired infection, occupational infection, handwashing, health protection and promotion, WORKERS
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Laboratory-acquired infection is one of the leading occupational health hazards. On a laboratory worker's hands, carbuncles occurred. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from pus samples of the carbuncles, with the same pulsed field gel electrophoresis band pattern with one of the recently studied strains in the laboratory. Incorrect or inadequate application of infection control measures may result in pathogen acquisition from the clinical samples, and wearing only gloves is not sufficient for the biosafety of laboratory workers in clinical diagnostic laboratories. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.