Abstract

어린이집 유아 손의 미생물 오염도를 분석하고 손 씻기 교육의 미생물 저감화 효과를 실험하여 어린이집 유아 손의 위생 안전성을 확보하고자 어린이집 유아 59명을 대상으로 실험하였다. 일반세균수의 경우 평균 <TEX>$3.72{\pm}0.38log\;CFU/hand$</TEX>로 검출되었고, 위생지표미생물인 대장균군의 경우 남자어린이 18명 중 2명(11.1%)과 여자어린이 17명 중 3명(17.6%), 총 35명 중 5명(14.3%)에서 검출되어 어린이들에 대한 반복적인 손 씻기 지도가 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. <TEX>$Staph.$</TEX> <TEX>$aureus$</TEX>는 35명 중 9명(25.7%), <TEX>$B.$</TEX> <TEX>$cereus$</TEX>는 35명 중 16명(45.7%)에서 검출되었고 남자어린이의 손이 식중독 미생물 오염에 가장 취약한 것으로 나타났다. <TEX>$Staph.$</TEX> <TEX>$aureus$</TEX> 장독소는 9균주 중 <TEX>$Staph.$</TEX> <TEX>$aureus$</TEX> Hand-1 한 균주에서만 SEA 장독소가 검출되었으나 HBL과 NHE 장독소 중 한 가지 이상의 장독소를 생산하는 <TEX>$B.$</TEX> <TEX>$cereus$</TEX>는 총 12균주(70.0%)로 나타나 어린이 손에 의한 교차오염 위험성이 상존한다고 판단되었다. 손 씻기 교육의 미생물 저감화 효과를 실험한 결과 교육을 실시한 그룹이 0.18 log CFU/hand 일반세균수가 더 저감화가 되었으나 저감화 정도가 매우 미약하여 손에 부착되어 있는 세균을 완전히 제거하기 위해서는 손 씻기와 손 소독을 병행하며 지속적인 손 씻기 교육을 실시하여야할 것으로 판단되었다. This study was conducted to evaluate the microbiological hazard on nursery school children's hands and to investigate the reduction effect of hand washing education. A total of 59 nursery school children's hands were tested. The average number of total aerobic bacteria was <TEX>$3.72{\pm}0.38log\;CFU/hand$</TEX>. Five children's hands(2 male and 3 female) were positive(14.3%) for the coliform bacteria. These results showed that hand washing education are required repetitively. Among the pathogenic bacteria tested in this study, <TEX>$Staphylococcus$</TEX> aureus and <TEX>$Bacillus$</TEX> <TEX>$cereus$</TEX> were detected in 9(25.7%) and 16(45.7%) out of 35 their hands, respectively. Twelve out of sixteen <TEX>$B.$</TEX> <TEX>$cereus$</TEX> isolates(70.0%) produced enterotoxin. The results indicate that the hand hygiene of nursery school children needs to be improved. Comparing before and after hand washing in educated and non-educated group, the reduction effect of total aerobic bacteria on their hands was 0.42 and 0.60 log CFU/hand, respectively. The educated group showed 0.18 log CFU/hand higher reduction effect than non-educated group but microorganism did not eliminate perfectly. From the results, using a hand sanitizer after washing with soap and the continuous hand washing education are required to control the contaminated bacteria on nursery school children's hands.

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