01898nas a2200229 4500008004100000245013300041210006900174260001700243300001400260490000700274520120300281653001301484653001001497653001001507653002801517653001401545653001301559100002001572700001801592700002201610856003601632 2019 eng d00aScreening of Nasal and Hands Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Colonization among Lebanese Nutraceuticals Handlers0 aScreening of Nasal and Hands Carriage of MethicillinResistant St cOctober 2019 a1336-13410 v113 a

Introduction: Poor personal hygiene of the nutraceuticals handlers could be a potential source of diseases due to the high occurrence of bacterial contamination. Methods: A cross sectionnal study was conducted among Lebanese nutraceuticals handlers. A pretested structured questionnaire was used for collecting information on age, sex, marital status, service years, educational status, status of training of nutraceuticals-handlers. Results: Nasal and hands swabs were investigated for S. aureus, MRSA, CoNS and MRSE.Among 144 nutraceuticals handlers, 41% and 69% exhibited no bacterial growth in their nasal and hand swabs.The carrier rate of S. aureus was 11.8 and 5.6% for nose and hands in nutraceuticals handlers.The nasal and hands carrier rate of MRSA is 6.3% and 2.1%, respectively.MRSE presented a rate of 10.4% and 7.6% for the nasal and hands carriage. Conclusion: The findings showed that the Lebanese nutraceuticals handlers are a vehicle of different resistant bacterial strains in their nasal and hands carriage,which poses a significant risk to the Lebanese consumer.

10aCarriage10aHands10aNasal10aNutraceuticals handlers10aResistant10aS.aureus1 aDarra, Nada, El1 aRaafat, Karim1 aEl-Ghazzawi, Iman uhttps://phcogj.com/article/1005