看護学生への感染防止教育第7報 --更衣ロッカーの汚染の現状--

Abstract

We have made various attempts to educate nursing school studens in the prevention of infection since 1991. In the present 4th report, the situation of contamination of student's locker rooms was exmined. Attempts were made to isolate bacteria from the doorknobs of the locker rooms of 68 (3rd-year) students (taking the clinical laboratory course). Microoganisms were successfully isolated from the doorknobs of the locker rooms of 19 of the 68 students. Staphylococcus epidermidis was isolated from 16 or 23.5% of the 68 students, and Penicillium sp. from 12 or 17.6% of the 68 students. Molds, various fungi and bacteria such as Aspergillus, Corynebacterium, Micrococcus and Candida were principal other isolated organisms. Fungi, which are widely present in the environment, are also being noted as the pyogenic microorganisms in the hospital infection and opportunistic infection. This suggests that care should be taken in preventing increased contamination by fungi, as with methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis, which was also isolated with fungi. "Nursing school" may be on the border between students ordinary life and the clinical setting. Thus, facilities, and some system for prevention of hospital infection should be sufficient in the school. In the future some of the microorganisms which are all around us are expected to emerge as as pyogenic microorganisms which are all around us are expected to emerge as pyogenic microorganisms in hospital infection. It seems important to make through hand-washing the basic behavior for the infection.