CLINICAL APPLICATION The following data were collected from soaps after 1 week o
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CLINICAL APPLICATION The following data were collected from soaps after 1 week of use at a hospital nurses' bacteria nor fungi were isolated from any of the products before use. andwashing station. Neither Aerobie bacteria were isolated from 25 soap products. Data are expressed as percentage of soap products contaminated. Liquid Soap: Type of Closure Slit/Flip Screw Top Flip/Pump Pump Total bacteria 71% 39% 10% 0% cocci 95% 39% 1 0% 0% Gram-negative rods 12% 1% 1% 1% 0% What conclusions can you draw from these data? 196Explanation / Answer
Presence of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli in the handwashing soap indicates that spread of infection-causing germs.
Gram-positive cocci usually present over the skin surfaces are Staphylococcus sp and Streptococcus sp, they mainly cause skin abscess and scalded skin syndrome as they are potent producers of toxin and coagulants.
Whereas gram-negative rods mainly are Bacilli sp which also cause dysentery via the fecal-oral route.
The presence of gram positive and gram negative organisms in the bar soap is evidently high in the given result i.e. 95%. which is obvious because nurses handle different patients with different sort of infections. streptococcal and staphylococcal infections are more prominent in the soap which is manually touched by many people.
the statistics clearly portrays the reduction in the number of organisms with the reduction of contact of soap to nurses.
in a situation like this, it is better to make use of pumps for handwash as it shows negligible amount of infections by organisms.