Open AccessDetecção de agentes microbianos das mãos de acadêmicos e docentes de uma instituição de ensino superior em Primavera de Leste – MT
Author(s) -
Vivian Tallita Pinheiro de Santana,
Phelipe Magalhães Duarte,
Uvleique Alves Fernandes,
Alysson Dias Dalmas,
Isadora Eduarda Bariviera Ferri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista agrária acadêmica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2595-3125
DOI - 10.32406/v4n12021/105-111/agrariacad
Subject(s) - hygiene , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , pathology
The objective of the present study was to identify the microbiota present in the hands of academics and teachers of a Higher Education Institution in the municipality of Primavera do Leste - MT. Samples were collected from 24 volunteers using a swab. Of the samples collected, 19 (79.1%) showed bacterial growth in a nutrient culture medium, being isolated from this: Staphylococcus aureus (31.6%), S. lugdunensis (31.6%), S. epidermidis (15.8%), S. spp. (5.8%) and Escherichia coli (5.2%). The occurrence of bacteria found in the hands of the volunteers makes it possible to infer that the hands can act as a means of transmission and microbiological multiplication. To avoid this transmission, hygiene and antisepsis measures should be adopted regularly.