title: Laboratory-acquired skin infections in a clinical microbiologist: Is wearing only gloves really safe?
abstract: Laboratory-acquired infection is one of the leading occupational health hazards. On a laboratory worker's hands, carbuncles occurred. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from pus samples of the carbuncles, with the same pulsed field gel electrophoresis band pattern with one of the recently studied strains in the laboratory. Incorrect or inadequate application of infection control measures may result in pathogen acquisition from the clinical samples, and wearing only gloves is not sufficient for the biosafety of laboratory workers in clinical diagnostic laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: yucel.duman@inonu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Yucel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yakupogullari
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Otlu
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Sait
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tekerekoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002270:Carbuncle / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; handwashing; health protection and promotion; laboratory-acquired infection; occupational infection