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Nosocomial Infection Research Paper

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INTRODUCTION:
A healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) or nosocomial infection is defined as any infection acquired by hospital environment and also by a healthcare worker, or which is acquired by a healthcare worker in the course of their duties. (1) According to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 that prevention and control of nosocomial infection should be part of everyday practice and applied consistently by everyone.(2) Nosocomial infections are responsible to increase the morbidity and mortality ratio in hospitals as the health workers and medical staff like doctors, surgeons, nurses carry transmissible agents on their bodies and clothes mainly involve white coats or lab coats, nurse’s uniforms and other hospital garments.(3) And they …show more content…

styrene.(8, 9) So, Cross-sectionally transmission of nosocomial pathogens from person to person or from environment to a person is also increase due to the ability of microorganisms to survive on an inanimate surface as mentioned above.(10) As White coats are use in medical field by healthcare workers as daily purpose to protect their body and their clothes as they are one of the personnel protective equipements which are use for the purpose of protection in all biosafety level (BSL).(11) The most highlycontaminated areas of white coats are sleeves and pockets than other areas of white coat such as back, front and collors.(12) The most isolated organisms from white coats are Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus bacteria other than bacteria Fungi includes Aspergillus spores and Candida also found on white coats of nurses and paramedical staff.(13) Antibiotic sensitivity also influence the survival of pathogens on white coats fabric material as Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) can survive on various fabrics including smooth cotton (clothes) for days, duration of survival depends on the type of bacteria and amount of inoculum of bacteria like Enterococci can survive 90 days and shorter inoculum survive shorter time generally for days and high inoculum survive longer time .Therefore, where even the low surviving inoculum of pathogens on white coats could cause nosocomial infection but they are

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