Sample Abstract
Since 1980s, the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) ) is a primary consideration in the rise of surgical site infections. The Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant CoNS on human skin and methicillin-resistant are the isolates of CoNS that showed an increasing amount where perioperative prophylaxis are not effective, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) is then used in the study.
The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate staff of the operating department suite at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery as a possible source of MRSE, the possibility of identifying its dispersers and the possibility of reducing the amount of MRSE shed into the air by wearing tightly woven scrub suits. The test is divided into four parts where a carriage of MRSE in the nose and on different skin sites are studied and an experimental study of dispersal of MRSE during exercise in a test chamber and during operations, using two different types of scrub suits are made.
Nasal carriage was found among 28.4% samples from women and 33.3% from men. Among five skin-sampling sites, carriage of MRSE was most frequent on the cheek (50%) and in the axilla (24%) and least frequent in the perineum (5%). On the other hand, the dispersal of MRSE is considerably more associated with carriage in the perineum than the cheek and axilla. In Addition, the use of tightly woven clothes in the test chamber and operating room are highly favourable with regard to shedding of bacteria into the air.
There were too many dispersers of MRSE among the staff that excluded them from work. Therefore, it is not a probable approach to MRSE. Also, a continuous sampling of both nasal and perineal has to done to identify its disperser.
The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate staff of the operating department suite at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery as a possible source of MRSE, the possibility of identifying its dispersers and the possibility of reducing the amount of MRSE shed into the air by wearing tightly woven scrub suits. The test is divided into four parts where a carriage of MRSE in the nose and on different skin sites are studied and an experimental study of dispersal of MRSE during exercise in a test chamber and during operations, using two different types of scrub suits are made.
Nasal carriage was found among 28.4% samples from women and 33.3% from men. Among five skin-sampling sites, carriage of MRSE was most frequent on the cheek (50%) and in the axilla (24%) and least frequent in the perineum (5%). On the other hand, the dispersal of MRSE is considerably more associated with carriage in the perineum than the cheek and axilla. In Addition, the use of tightly woven clothes in the test chamber and operating room are highly favourable with regard to shedding of bacteria into the air.
There were too many dispersers of MRSE among the staff that excluded them from work. Therefore, it is not a probable approach to MRSE. Also, a continuous sampling of both nasal and perineal has to done to identify its disperser.