AVALIAÇÃO MICROBIOLÓGICA DA EFICÁCIA DE DIFERENTES ANTISSÉPTICOS NA TÉCNICA DE DEGERMAÇÃO SEM ESCOVA

Abstract

Asepsis is a set of methods and practices that prevent contamination in a surgery, involving the adequate preparation of the room, the patient, the instruments, materials and conduct of the professionals of the area. There are different techniques of degermation of the hands, with or without artifacts. The objective of this research was to quantify the bacterial microbiota from the hands of the surgeon before and after antisepsis, and at the end of the surgical procedure with a non-brushing handwash method and comparing two antiseptics. The volunteers were divided into two groups each with five volunteers, group A (washing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate) and group B (degermation with 10% polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine). Sample collection was performed by rubbing the palm of the hand and fingertips with sterile swab soaked in 0.9% saline solution in three times: before degermation, after antisepsis and at the end of the surgical process. 120 counts of bacterial counts were obtained after processing. Data analysis showed no significant difference in bacterial reduction between 2% chlorhexidine gluconate and 10% polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (p> 0.05), thus allowing equivalent action of the degermants to be inferred. The quantitative analysis of the microorganisms after hand implantation and after surgery comparing the two antiseptics were equated with efficiency, which subsidizes the use of either of the two degermants in surgical antisepsis.