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Infection control: an essential requirement in acupuncture practice – review of...

The acupuncture is a millenary technique from China, it is recommended by World Health Organization (OMS) and was incorporated in the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Due this large expansion, the objective of this paper was to review the literature about security and the infection control in the acupuncture practice, and recognize possible risks and adverse effects. The data was collected in books, magazines (Pub...

Comparison of the activity of fatty essential acids and biomembrane in the micr...

For patients cured of leprosy, low-limb ulcers represent a challenge to healthcare workers, for being chronic, infected, and recurrent. This study aimed to compare the latex biomembrane (Biocure™) and an EFA-based product (Dersani™) action on the microbiota of infected chronic wounds, in patients discharged from the treatment of leprosy. This is a research carried out at Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária, in G...

Latex pipes: sterility of the subjected to the process of sterilization through...

Among the dentistry and medical articles the tubular dispositive requires special attention to the reprocessing due to lumen cleaning difficulty, and also organic material retention allowing biofilm establishment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sterility of 30 latex pipes submitted to the sterilization process by vapor in autoclave" in a hospital of Goiania-GO. The latex pipe was cut transversely in ...

Microbiological evaluation of disposable systemic acupuncture needles

The acupuncture is an invasive technique and the needles are the principal instrument. The objective of this study is to analyze the microbiological quality from different marks of disposable systemic acupuncture needles and to identify the contaminants microorganisms isolated. Study of 11 labels, corresponding to 30 different lots, a total of 1500 disposable systemic acupuncture needles were submitted to micro...

Hand microbiota of mothers and healthcare workers of an obstetric hospital in G...

This descriptive study was carried out at a maternity of a University Hospital in Goiânia-Goiás, Brazil, between April and October of 2003. It aimed to identify the hand microbiota of mothers and health professionals delivering care to newborns. The study population consisted of all active health workers and the mothers receiving care at the service during the study period. From the hands of 31 subjects (15 mot...

Detección de Staphylococcus aureus en la boca de trabajadores de la limpieza ho...

This study assessed the prevalence of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in hospital housekeepers, and their knowledge and beliefs regarding this problem. Three saliva samples were collected and a questionnaire regarding knowledge and beliefs was applied. Of the 92 workers, 63 (68.5%) participated in the study; 20 were not and 43 were colonized; 13 by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 30 by met...

Colonization of nursing professionals by Staphylococcus aureus

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in the saliva of the nursing team of a teaching hospital in the interior of São Paulo State. Three saliva samples were collected from 351 individuals with an interval of two months between each collection. All ethical aspects were considered. In 867 (82.3%) cultures there was no identification of Staphylococcus aureus in the s...

Prevalence of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from saliva of health workers

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Gram-negative (GNB) isolated from the saliva of health workers in a school hospital in Goiânia-Goiás, and to characterize the profile of the colonized individuals. From August/2005 to July/2006, 278 health care workers participated of the study. The GNB carrier rate was 69.4%, being 44% of them persistent carriers, and 49.2% multicolonized carriers. 319 B...

Resistência à mupirocina entre isolados de staphylococcus aureus de profissiona...

Identification of Candida species on the saliva of the hospital workers

doi: 10.5216/ree.v12i3.6472Candida species are of common occurrence in the buccal cavity and these yeasts are present in about 50% of healthy individuals. This percentage can change depending on the studied population. The infectious processes caused by Candida vary of benign clinical pictures, to serious and fatal pictures as the invasive infections and disseminated. In this study it was evaluated the coloniza...