Determination of Staphylococcus aureus on Radiographic Cassettes Used in the Intensive Care Unit on Selected Hospitals

Staphylococcus aureus which were found to be a gram positive; facultative anaerobe, is a bacterium that is a member of firmicutes and is frequently found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin although S.aureus is not always capable of causing disease, Staphylococcus aureus can cause infections and example of this infection is the skin infections. The study assessed the determination of Staphylococcus aureus on radiographic cassettes used during x-ray procedure in intensive care unit at selected hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City. The objectives of the study were to determine the presence or absence of Staphylococcus aureus on radiographic cassettes used during radiographic examination in intensive care unit and determine if the selected hospital were practicing the asepsis method in their institution. The researchers used experimental design that focused only on Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on radiographic cassettes employed in the intensive care unit before and after the x-ray was done on selected hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City. The results revealed that no presence of Staphylococcus aureus on the radiographic cassettes used before and after the radiographic procedure in intensive care unit. However, the hospital’s understudy must not be complacent for there are many patients in health care system that has different kinds of disease and every individual is a host to an enormous number of microbes and there is no exception. Moreover, it is the hospital’s responsibility to prevent nosocomial infection.

 

Keywords- Microbiological science in radiology, intensive care unit, radiographic  cassettes,  Staphylococcus  aureus, experimental  design, Philippines.