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Article: Quantifying school officials' exposure to bacterial pathogens at graduation ceremonies using repeated observational measures
Title | Quantifying school officials' exposure to bacterial pathogens at graduation ceremonies using repeated observational measures |
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Keywords | graduations hand contamination methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) schools |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Citation | Journal of School Nursing, 2011, v. 27, n. 3, p. 219-224 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk of acquiring pathogenic bacteria as a result of shaking hands at graduation ceremonies. School officials participating in graduation ceremonies at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools were recruited. Specimens were collected before and immediately following graduation. Cultures identified any pathogenic bacteria in each specimen. Subjects shook a total of 5,209 hands. Staphylococcus aureus was separately detected on one pregraduation right hand, one postgraduation right hand, and one postgraduation left hand. Nonpathogenic bacteria were collected in 93% of specimens. Pregraduation and postgraduation specimens were of different strains. We measured a risk of one new bacterial acquisition in a sample exposed to 5,209 handshakes yielding an overall estimate of 0.019 pathogens acquired per handshake. We conclude that a single handshake at a graduation offers only a small risk of bacterial pathogen acquisition. © 2011 The Author(s). |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326861 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.615 |
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dc.contributor.author | Bishai, David | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Liang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shiau, Stephanie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Harrison | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tsai, Cindy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liao, Margaret | - |
dc.contributor.author | Prakash, Shivaani | - |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Tracy | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-31T05:27:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-31T05:27:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of School Nursing, 2011, v. 27, n. 3, p. 219-224 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1059-8405 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326861 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk of acquiring pathogenic bacteria as a result of shaking hands at graduation ceremonies. School officials participating in graduation ceremonies at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools were recruited. Specimens were collected before and immediately following graduation. Cultures identified any pathogenic bacteria in each specimen. Subjects shook a total of 5,209 hands. Staphylococcus aureus was separately detected on one pregraduation right hand, one postgraduation right hand, and one postgraduation left hand. Nonpathogenic bacteria were collected in 93% of specimens. Pregraduation and postgraduation specimens were of different strains. We measured a risk of one new bacterial acquisition in a sample exposed to 5,209 handshakes yielding an overall estimate of 0.019 pathogens acquired per handshake. We conclude that a single handshake at a graduation offers only a small risk of bacterial pathogen acquisition. © 2011 The Author(s). | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of School Nursing | - |
dc.subject | graduations | - |
dc.subject | hand contamination | - |
dc.subject | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | - |
dc.subject | schools | - |
dc.title | Quantifying school officials' exposure to bacterial pathogens at graduation ceremonies using repeated observational measures | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1059840511407186 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 21562098 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79955894859 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 27 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 219 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 224 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1546-8364 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000290533300006 | - |