?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Pen+of+Health+Care+Worker+as+Vector+of+Infection&rft.creator=Patil%2C+Prashant&rft.creator=Hulke%2C+Sandip&rft.creator=Thakre%2C+Avinash&rft.creator=Gaikwad%2C+Manisha&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Nosocomial+infections+are+the+major+concern+in+tertiary+hospitals.+Health+care+workers+and+their+belonging+are+known+to+act+as+vector+in+transmission+of+infections.+In+present+study%2C+the+writing+pen+of+health+care+workers+was+worked+out+for+carrying+infection.+The+swab+from+writing+pen+of+health+care+workers+were+cultured+for+any+growth+of+microorganism+and+compared+with+swab+from+pen+of+the+non+health+care+workers.+It+was+found+that+the+rate+of+growth+of+microorganism+were+more+in+pen+of+health+care+workers.+Similarly+the+organism+attributed+to+the+nosocomial+infection+was+grown+from+the+pens+of+health+care+workers.+These+organisms+might+be+transmitted+from+the+hands+of+health+care+workers.+The+writing+pen+which+health+care+worker+are+using+became+the+vectors+of+transmission+of+infection.+So+to+prevent+it%2C+the+most+important+way+is+to+wash+the+hands+and+pen+properly+after+examining+the+patients.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-10-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7118%2F1%2F2010-3-15.pdf&rft.identifier=++Patil%2C+Prashant+and+Hulke%2C+Sandip+and+Thakre%2C+Avinash+and+Gaikwad%2C+Manisha++(2010)+Pen+of+Health+Care+Worker+as+Vector+of+Infection.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7118%2F