2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Pierced earrings hole as a potential source of healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
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26460782
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Epidemiology and preventive medicine
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| Research Institution | Toho University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 医療関連感染 / 耳ピアス孔 / 抗菌薬耐性菌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
During a one-year period study period from 2013 to 2014, samples from the back of the ear lobe were taken from a total of 200 university hospital nurses consisting of those with pierced earrings holes and non-wearers.
Of the 128 HCPs, S. aureus was isolated from the pierced earring holes of 24 (18%) HCPs compared to 7 (10%) of the 72 non-pierced ear ring wearers, respectively. Six (25%) of the 24 S. aureus isolates from the pierced earring holes of HCPs were MRSA. In 12 HCPs, S. aureus was isolated from both the pierced holes and fingers with 3 (25%) HPCs positive for MRSA. These MRSA isolates with the same PFGE pattern from both the pierced holes and fingers in each case.
This study demonstrated the isolation of the same MRSA strain in both the pierced earring holes and fingers of HCPs which suggests the potential for horizontal HAI spread from the fingers of HCP who have pierced earring holes.
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| Free Research Field |
感染制御学
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