Conhecimento dos concluintes de medicina sobre os riscos de colonização de Candida albicans (Ca) nos quirodáctilos dos manipuladores de alimentos no âmbito hospitalar.

Abstract

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.