Bacterial colonization of wristwatches worn by health care personnel

被引：6

作者：

Bhusal, Yogesh ^{[1
,2
]}

Laza, Sorin ^{[2
]}

Lane, Timothy W. ^{[2
,3
]}

Schultz, Kim ^{[2
]}

Hansen, Charles ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Moses Cone Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Internal Med Residency Program, Greensboro, NC 27401 USA

[2] Moses Cone Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Greensboro, NC 27401 USA

[3] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2009年 / 37卷 / 06期

关键词：

Wristwatches; bacterial colonization; health care personnel; MICROORGANISMS; WATCHES; STAFF; RINGS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ajic.2008.11.011

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We examined bacterial colonization of wristwatches worn by 100 health care personnel in a community-teaching hospital. Seventy-eight percent of the wristwatches were colonized with bacterial skin flora, with only I of the 100 watches growing a potential pathogen. Staphylococcus aureus. Watches are unlikely to be sources of health-care associated pathogens.

引用

页码：476 / 477

页数：2

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