Alfarawi Fahad, Alshamardl Khalid, Almutairi Muhammad, Alyamani Alwaleed, Aldhali Saif, Alassaf Faisal, Alfadhel Abdulmajeed, Aldakheel Msab, Almuhesseny Ali, Aljohani Sameera, Mahmoud Ebrahim, Alothman Adel
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Medicine, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 May;8(5):1599-1601. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_173_19.
Wearing identification badges is mandatory in many hospitals. Identification badges worn by healthcare workers may be contaminated with pathogens.
The objective of this study is to determine the levels and types of contamination on identification badges of healthcare workers at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This is a cross-sectional study of 200 healthcare workers at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A data collection form was handed to all the participants and swab cultures of their identification badges were taken.
A total of 200 identification badges were sampled in this study. 37% were contaminated with pathogens. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was isolated from 70 badges (35%), and methicillin-sensitive from four badges (2%). Contamination was highest in physicians (45% compared to 14-32% in other healthcare workers). Males and females had similar contamination rates (39 and 36%, respectively).
Identification badges worn by healthcare workers may be vectors of significant infection. We suggest more compliance of infection control measures in regards to disinfecting badges or personal belongings of healthcare workers.
在许多医院，佩戴身份识别徽章是强制性的。医护人员佩戴的身份识别徽章可能会被病原体污染。
本研究的目的是确定沙特阿拉伯利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城医护人员身份识别徽章上的污染水平和类型。
这是一项对沙特阿拉伯利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城200名医护人员的横断面研究。向所有参与者发放了一份数据收集表，并对他们的身份识别徽章进行了拭子培养。
本研究共采集了200个身份识别徽章样本。37%被病原体污染。70个徽章（35%）分离出凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌，4个徽章（2%）分离出甲氧西林敏感菌。医生的污染率最高（45%，而其他医护人员为14 - 32%）。男性和女性的污染率相似（分别为39%和36%）。
医护人员佩戴的身份识别徽章可能是严重感染的传播媒介。我们建议在对医护人员的徽章或个人物品进行消毒方面，更严格地遵守感染控制措施。
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