Staphylococcal Infections
Conditions
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus carriers students nursing
Brief summary
The Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen bacteria actuating as an agent of a wide variety of infections, such as the superficials to the disseminates ones, its commonly find into hospitals ambient, assailing mainly immunosupress patients. Around 30% to 50% of people carries this agent in their nasal bone as part of their normal flora, occuring larger in hospitals workers. The S. aureus is also known for its high capacity of developing resistance to various antibiotic. Facing these considerations, the importance of nursing precaution and the infections control inside hospitals ambient, the purpose of this present study aimed to verify the rates of carriers of S. aureus in nursing students and the connection with the hospitals time involvement during graduation in the Faculty de Medicine de Botucatu - UNESP, embracing the 4 years of graduation college.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Sao Paulo
Study design
Observational model
DEFINED_POPULATION
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
17 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students nursing
Exclusion criteria
* Students nursing with infection
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Primary ContactEliane Patrícia Pereira
Outcome results
None listed