VIANA, M. B. L.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0371145079160899; VIANA, Matheus Braga Lira.
Resumo:
Modernity has brought changes in food production and professional activities
contributing to the increased incidence of disseminated disease by food, and the food
handler key element for the implementation of these diseases, arising from improper
processes acquired during food preparation, caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi.
The latter, mainly Candida albicans (Ca) species, since it facilitates the installation of
bacteria by continuity and depending on the immune status of the individual may
invade mesenteric capillaries of the gastrointestinal mucosa resulting in systemic
disease or in simpler situations, cause food poisoning. Knowledge of future
physicians about this issue is of great importance to minimize or control the situation
in their working environments, assisting the measures of good practices for the
control of food quality especially with the Handlers. This study aimed to identify the
level of knowledge of graduating medical students of the class 2016 UFCG about the
risks of colonization by Candida albicans in the fingers of food handlers in hospitals,
analyze the degree of knowledge qualitatively of future medical professionals about
the risks of colonization in the fingers of food handlers in hospitals, state the
importance of onychomycosis by Candida albicans in food handlers in the hospital
environment, demonstrate the importance of the accuracy of the hands in food
preparation procedures, highlight the foodborne illnesses integrated environment
hospital. It was applied a semi-structured questionnaire to the upper reaches of the
medical students attending the 12th period of UFCG from november 2016. Data
analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel 2010 program. It was found that the
students do not completely dominate the knowledge of CA or risks that may occur to
the imbalance of occupational health or inpatient in CA infection case in the hospital.
There was the need to demonstrate to students the ways by Ca contamination
prevention and the importance of professionals in general properly wash their hands;
step up care in the handling of catheters and rational use of antibiotics in hospitals.
These data show that students need to retrain when it involves content taught at the
beginning of the course or the institution and the teachers need to address more
microbiology issues in a greater extent.