Acrylic Nails And Infection Control

Scrub the underside of nails with soap and water or a nail brush every time you wash your hands.

Acrylic nails and infection control. The use of artificial nails has become a popular fashion trend and many health care workers are following this trend. Although health care workers are following fashion trends when they wear artificial nails the implications of these nails for infection control is unknown. Little is known about the new and popular gel nail products.

Aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit could be attributed to two. The present researcher searched terms artificial nails infection and artificial nails infection healthcare workers. The google scholar search yielded eight articles and PubMed yielded 12 articles.

Clin Infect Dis 2001 Feb 1. However the most interesting aspect is a small reference to the problem of artificial acrylic nails being a source of infection. Researchers have shown that the colony counts on artificial nails are greater than th.

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Staph and yeast both cause infections ranging from inflammation to blood poisoning. Clean any nail grooming tools before use. The study was conducted at 3 health centers.

These studies provide evidence that wearing artificial nails may increase the likelihood that harmful bacteria may be transmitted to patients posing an infection control risk. First what is the possibility that acrylic nails in the OR could cause either infection-control problems or trouble with the nails themselves. Clin Infect Dis 2001 Feb 1 McNeil SA et al.