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KMID : 1156220090350040278
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
2009 Volume.35 No. 4 p.278 ~ p.286
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Hand Washing Awareness among Students in Seoul and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated on Their Hands
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Lee Hyang
Choi Sung-Min
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Abstract
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The total of 181 students in Seoul were made up questions to analysis hand washing awareness from 2007 to 2008. And their hands were sampled to isolate Staphylococcus aureus for testing antibiotic resistance. The average of hand washing frequency was 2.8±2.6 per day in their schools. The rates of the students washing hands before eating food, after outdoor activity and after using bathroom were 22.2%, 24.4% and 49.4%, respectively. The rate of students washing hand less than 20 seconds was 64.4%. The students of 43.3% answered that they thought they were washing hands well. The middle school students were worse than elementary and high school students were aware of the frequency, duration and activity of hand washing. The isolation rate of S. aureus on the hands was 29.4%. The isolates were resitant to ampicillin (28.6%), chloramphenicol (6.1%), erythromycin (31.0%), gentamycin (2.0%), penicillin (79.6%) and tetracycline (6.1%) of 17 antibiotics tested. They were all sensitive to oxacillin and vancomycin.
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KEYWORD
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Staphyloccus aureus, hand washing, antibiotic susceptibility
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