title: High frequency of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel.
abstract: The hands of 36 nurses and 21 nonnursing hospital employees were tested by culture with a modification of the broth wash technique. Seventy-five percent of the nurses and 81% of the nonnurses were found to harbor yeasts on their hands; 58% of nurses and 38% of nonnurses were carrying Candida spp.
authors: Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207.
authors: L J
authors: LJ
authors: Strausbaugh
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Sewell
authors: T T
authors: TT
authors: Ward
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Pfaller
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Heitzman
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Tjoelker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D004485:Eczema / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D009726:Nurses; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013045:Species Specificity