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Bol. venez. infectol ; 31(1): 42-49, ene-jun 2020.
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1123361

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Introducción: La higiene de manos es un paso fundamental para prevenir la transmisión y diseminación de infecciones asociadas a la atención en salud (IAAS), por esto, es de vital importancia su correcta ejecución según los 5 momentos sugeridos por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Objetivo: Aislar bacterias y hongos posterior a la higiene de las manos en el personal de salud. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, experimental, transversal, con una muestra de 16 individuos que laboraban en el Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas del Adulto del Hospital Universitario de Caracas, divididos en dos grupos de 8 participantes, quienes realizaron la higiene de manos de acuerdo a las técnicas descritas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud con agua y jabón (grupo A) y con gel antibacterial a base de alcohol al 70 % (grupo B). Consecutivamente, se tomó muestra de las manos mediante aposición en placas de Petri, en Agar Endo (HiMedia™) y Agar Sabouraud (Oxoid™). Los crecimientos positivos fueron repicados a otros agares y se realizaron pruebas bioquímicas para su identificación. Resultados: En 56,25 % (9/16) de las muestras hubo crecimiento de levaduras, a partir de las cuales se identificaron C. parapsilosis (77,7 %), C. tropicalis (11,3 %) y C. kefyr (11,3 %). Por su parte, 50 % (8/16) tuvieron crecimiento positivo para bacilos Gram negativos fermentadores y no fermentadores. Conclusiones: En las manos de los trabajadores de salud se aislaron bacilos Gram negativos fermentadores y no fermentadores, así como especies de Candida. Se observó una mayor eficacia antimicrobiana con el uso de agua y jabón líquido con respecto a la eliminación de Candida spp.


Introduction: Hand washing is a key tool to prevent transmission and dissemination of hospital associated infections; thus it is a very important to elaborate the proper technique to achieve hand antisepsis, throughout several methods including the 5 times to hand washing proposed by World Health Organization (WHO). Aim: To isolate bacteria and fungi after handwashing in a group of healthcare personnel. Methods: This was an experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out with 16 healthcare personnel from the Adult Infectious Disease Department at the Hospital Universitario de Caracas, divided in 2 groups (A and B) of 8 participants who was asked and instructed to performed the handwashing technique stablished by the WHO. Group A used conventional soap and water, while group B used 70 % alcohol-based hand sanitizer. After hand sanitization with any of both substances, sample collection was performed throughout hand apposition in Petri dishes with Endo agar (HiMedia™) and Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol (Oxoid™) and incubated during 36h in an aerobic 37 °C atmosphere. Positive growth in each case was replied and biochemical tests were performed to each isolation to confirm its identification. Results: 56.25 % (9/16) of the growth was represented by Candida sp: C. parapsilosis (77.7 %), C. tropicalis (11.33 %) and C. kefyr (11.3 %). About bacteria, 50 % (8/16) of the samples collected had growth for gram negative fermenting and nonfermenting bacilli. Conclusions: There were presence of gram-negative bacilli and fungi after handwashing in the hands of the healthcare personnel studied. It was observed that water and soap had a better antimicrobial outcome in comparison with alcohol-based sanitizer to eliminate Candida sp.

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