Ferreira Adriano Menis, Andrade Denise de, Haas Vanderlei José
Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas, MS, Brasil.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2011 Jun;45(3):745-50. doi: 10.1590/s0080-62342011000300028.
The objective of this study was to quantify the colony forming units (cfu) on latex procedure gloves in the beginning, middle, and end of the containers in real (professional) and controlled (researcher) gloving situations; evaluate the microbial load of the gloves, considering the time of exposure in the environment. This comparative prospective study was conducted at an intensive care unit of a teaching hospital. The microbiological data was collected from the gloves using digital-pressure. Microbiological evaluations were performed on 186 pairs of gloves: 93 in the control group and 93 in real gloving situations. In the control group, the average cfu was 4.7 against 6.2 in the real gloving situation. Hence, no statistically significant difference was found (p=.601). In addition, the cfu values of gloves in the beginning, middle and end of the containers also did not show any significant differences (p>.05). The most common strain was Staphylococcus spp. The time of exposure in the environment did not increase the cfu value of the latex gloves.
本研究的目的是在实际（专业）和对照（研究者操作）戴手套情况下，对容器开始、中间和末尾处的乳胶检查手套上的菌落形成单位（cfu）进行量化；考虑到在环境中的暴露时间，评估手套的微生物负荷。这项比较性前瞻性研究在一家教学医院的重症监护病房进行。使用数字压力法从手套上收集微生物数据。对186副手套进行了微生物评估：对照组93副，实际戴手套情况93副。对照组的平均cfu为4.7，而实际戴手套情况下为6.2。因此，未发现统计学上的显著差异（p = 0.601）。此外，容器开始、中间和末尾处手套的cfu值也未显示出任何显著差异（p>0.05）。最常见的菌株是葡萄球菌属。在环境中的暴露时间并未增加乳胶手套的cfu值。
