title: Effect of sticky mat usage in control of nosocomial infection in Motahary Burn Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Infection is the most common cause of death among burnt patients and infection control decrease the rate of mortality. The use of sticky mat can control contamination by preventing the entrance microorganisms into the hospital wards. This study was designed to evaluate the sticky mats effect in reduction of microorganism's entry by personnel shoes to burn intensive care unit (BICU).
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a simple cross sectional study. We tested outer soles of personnel's shoes with swap and cultured them before and after sticky mat contact in the entrance of BICU. Results were analyzed with IBM SPSS version 22 software. McNemar and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We analyzed 60 outer soles of the shoes before and after contact with sticky mats. Coagulase negative Staphylococci, Gram positive bacilli,Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Pseudomonas aeruginosaandAcinetobacter baumanniiwere isolated before contact from 57 (95%), 32 (53%), 4 (6.7%) and 3 (5%) cases, respectively. Coagulase negative Staphylococci, Gram positive bacilli,Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Pseudomonas aeruginosawere isolated after contact from 36 (60%), 30 (50%), 16 (26.6%), 2 (3.3%) and 3 (5%) cases, respectively. NoAcinetobacterwas isolated after contact with sticky mat. Total isolated colonies before and after contact with sticky mats were 2573 and 830, respectively. There were significant statistically differences between the colony counts of coagulase ngative staphylococci, Gram positive bacilli, andStaphylococci aureusbefore and after contact with sticky mats (P. < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regarding to statistical analysis, the effect of mat in removing the microorganisms was 56%. It confirms the effectiveness of sticky mat controlling the infection and reducing the amount of hospital contamination.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Unit, Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahmardehei
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Burn Research Center, Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Faranak
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alinejad
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Skin and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fereshteh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.affiliation: Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahramian
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barati
keywords: Burn; Nosocomial infection; Sticky mat