Emergence of hand contamination with Aspergillus during demolition work

Lisiane Cunat; Djihane Ahmed-lecheheb; Philippe Hartemann; Paul Hunter; Alexis Hautemanière

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.037

Emergence of hand contamination with Aspergillus during demolition work

Lisiane Cunat, Djihane Ahmed-lecheheb, Philippe Hartemann, Paul Hunter, Alexis Hautemanière

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Abstract

Hand rubbing with hydro-alcoholic solutions prevent the exogenous nosocomial infection, but the hydro-alcoholic solutions were not sporicidal. A major program of demolition was organized on the area of the University Hospital of Nancy (France) between 2007 and 2010, and this period is often considered as a possible source of suspending Aspergillus spores. This study shows the emergence of Aspergillus on the hands of the medical students during demolition period despite the same quality of hand hygiene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-85
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.037
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013

Keywords

Nosocomial infection
Hand rubbing
Practices professional assessment
Hygiene of health workers
Hydro-alcoholic solutions

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