title: A study of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel.
abstract: The present study was conducted by culture with a modified broth wash technique to examine the frequency of yeast carriage on the hands of 60 nurses and 35 nonnursing hospital employees. Seventy two percent of the nurses and 80% of the nonnurses were harbouring yeast on their hands. Candida spp. were isolated in 57% on of nurses and 34% of nonnurses. Ninety percent of nurses working in nursing home care unit (NHCU), 50% working in intensive care unit (ICU) and 75% working in outpatient department (OPD) carried yeasts on their hands. Only 80% of nonnurses staff harboured yeasts on their hands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi-110002.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Batra
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010564:Personnel, Hospital