Preventive Effect of Postoperative Disinfection of Endoscope on Bacterial Adhesion to Endoscope

Uwagawa, Tadashi; Okabe, Norimasa; Matsumoto, Takatugu; Kurihara, Hideaki; Miyamoto, Sakae; Tujihara, Yoshito; Takahashi, Takayuki; Sakurai, Iwao; Matsumoto, Fumio; Yamazaki, Youji

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.73.1019

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“…The route of bacterial transmission is thought to be primarily via contact transmission between patients and healthcare professionals and the hospital environment. In particular, the Staphylococcus genus is a resident bacterium of the skin and mucous membranes and is often spread through medical equipment and devices in hospital environments (Perdreau-Remington et al, 1995;Uwagawa et al, 1999) . Therefore, the medical environment is an important source of bacterial ＊ Corresponding author.…”

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Environmental survey of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci in a Hospital in Japan

Watanabe

Kokeguchi

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Biocontrol Sci.

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We examined the hospital-wide incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus contamination in a hospital environment to predict the risk of the nosocomial spread of infection. Samples were also taken different surfaces and medical equipment in a general hospital ward and a staff station. The isolates were identified bacterial strains and analyzed by PCR for detection of the mecA gene and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types (I-V) .Overall, out of 146 isolates that were screened, 15.7% of the samples in the hospital wards were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus and 74.7% were isolated with coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) . The methicillin-resistant mecA gene was detected in all oxacillin-resistant S. aureus, and 89% of oxacillin-resistant CNS was identified as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and MRCNS respectively. All S. aureus and CNS from the hospital wards with MRSA patients were detected as MRSA and MRCNS. A widespread distribution of MRSA and MRCNS was detected in the Cuff. The majority of the MRSA and MRCNS isolates in this study were SCCmec type V, which are a community-acquired infection type. The increased incidence and prevalence of community-acquired MRSA and MRCNS, as well as hospital-acquired MRSA, should be recognized as serious healthcare problems.

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