--- abstract: '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.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue35/2010-3-15.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - prashantpatil1411@gmail.com - ~ - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Patil given: Prashant honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Hulke given: Sandip honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Thakre given: Avinash honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Gaikwad given: Manisha honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2010-10-15 date_type: published datestamp: 2010-11-22 14:19:24 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/71/18 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr. lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 7118 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/7118/1/2010%2D3%2D15.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Pen; Vector; Microorganism; Health care worker; Nosocomial infection lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:48 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 3 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tSemmelweiss IP, Dic Aetilogic, der Begriff und die prophylaxis des kindbettfiebers. Budapest; CA Harheben’s Verlag’s- Expendition. 1861 \r\n2.\tMangi RJ et al. Contaminated stethoscope as a source of nosocomial infection. Yale journal of Biology and Medicine. 1972;45:600-604.\r\n3.\tYoungster I et al. The stethoscope as vector of infectious disease in paediatric ward. Acta paediatric Sept 2008;97(9):1253-1255\r\n4.\tChawla K et al. Bacterial cell phones; do cell phones carry potential pathogens. OJHAS 2009;8(1):8 Available at http://www.ojhas.org/issue29/2009-1-8.htm \r\n5.\tJones JS et al. Stethoscope potential vector of infection? Ann Emergency Medicine Sept 1995:26(3):296-299.\r\n6.\tTambekar DH et al. nosocomial hands of doctor’s mobile phones in hospital. J Med Sci Jan 2008,8(1):73-76.\r\n7.\tGoldblatt JG et al. Use of cellular telephones and transmission of pathogens by medical staff in New York and Israel. Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology. 2007 Apr;28(4):500-503.\r\n8.\tKitajama et al. Prevention of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in neonate. Paediatric International April 2003;45(2):238-245.\r\n9.\tUlger F et al. Are we aware how contaminated our mobile phones with nosocomial pathogens? Ann. Clin. Micro and Antimicro 2009;8;7 doi 10.1186/1476-0711-8-7 \r\n10.\tDiaz C et al. What’s on the doctor’s ball point pen? The Lancet Dec 1997;350(9094):1824.\r\n11.\tBauer AW, Kirby WMM et al. Antibiotic susceptibility testing by standardized single disc diffusion method. Am. J. Clin Pathology.1996:45:493-496" relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 18 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2010-11-22 14:19:24 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Pen of Health Care Worker as Vector of Infection type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 9