Tracking sources of Staphylococcus aureus hand contamination in food handlers by spa typing

Jeffery Ho; Maureen V. Boost; Margaret M. O'Donoghue

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.022

Tracking sources of Staphylococcus aureus hand contamination in food handlers by spa typing

Jeffery Ho, Maureen V. Boost, Margaret M. O'Donoghue^*

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Abstract

We aimed to identify the source of Staphylococcus aureus contaminating hands of food handlers. Nasal samples and direct fingertip imprints were collected on 2 occasions from food handlers and characterized to determine likely sources of hand contamination. Most hand contamination was attributable to nasal isolates of persistently colonized coworkers who had presumably contaminated the environment. Regular handwashing should be supplemented by effective environmental disinfection. Copyright (C) 2015 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	759-761
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	43
Issue number	7
Online published	18 May 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.022
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

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This study was funded by a research grant from the School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Persistent carriage
Nasal colonization
Hand hygiene
Environmental contamination
CARRIAGE

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