Isolation And Identification of Bacteria from The Staff Hands of Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Healthcare professionals, hospital workers, and patients regularly touch items that contain infections or serve as sources of pathogens. The aim of this study is to isolation and identification of bacteria from the hands of health care workers. 60 samples were collected from hospital employees for analysis. Cultural, biochemical, and microscopic characteristics were used to identify organisms.102 bacterial isolates were detected, 30% had mono-microbial colonies and 70% displayed poly-microbial colonies. The percentage of Bacillus species and Staphylococcus aureus was 21.7% of the bacteria specimens, while the percentage of Pseudomonas species, Streptococcus species and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 28.3, 20 and 20 %, respectively and percentage of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species were 16.7 and 15.0% respectively. Therefore, it is concluded that develop preventative methods as well as potential treatment options.

Keywords:

Pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic resistance, MRSA, Healthcare-associated infection

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