A Prolonged Outbreak of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Did Staff Fingernails Play a Role in Disease Transmission?
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2000Vol. 21(2), pp. 80–85
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Ronald L. Moolenaar, James M. Crutcher, Venusto H. San Joaquin, Lucille V. Sewell, Lori Hutwagner, Loretta A. Carson, Denise Robison, Lauri Smithee, William R. Jarvis
Abstract
Epidemiological evidence demonstrated an association between acquiring P aeruginosa and exposure to two nurses. Genetic and environmental evidence supported that association and suggested, but did not prove, a possible role for long or artificial fingernails in the colonization of HCWs' hands with P aeruginosa. Requiring short natural fingernails in NICUs is a reasonable policy that might reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections.
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