title: Pen of Health Care Worker as Vector of Infection
creator: Patil, Prashant
creator: Hulke, Sandip
creator: Thakre, Avinash
creator: Gaikwad, Manisha
subject: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
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, 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, the most important way is to wash the hands and pen properly after examining the patients.
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
contributor: Kakkilaya, Dr. Srinivas
date: 2010-10-15
type: Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/7118/1/2010-3-15.pdf
identifier:   Patil, Prashant and Hulke, Sandip and Thakre, Avinash and Gaikwad, Manisha  (2010) Pen of Health Care Worker as Vector of Infection.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/7118/