SILVA, C. P. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9864841433854005; SILVA, Cibelly Pereira de Souza.
Resumo:
The use of corpses is indispensable for an undergraduate course in the health
area. Practices performed in laboratories should follow regulations for the health
and safety of students, teachers and employees . Even by formol, laboratory
users are subject to the risk of contamination by pathogenic microorganisms.
That may be present in anatomical tools, in the atmospheric environment and in
corpses . For the s afety and health of users, this study aims to identify bacteria
and fungus in the environment and in the tools of the Anatomy Laboratory of the
Training Center of Teachers of the Feder al University of Campina Grande,
Then, to present the potential of risks , the degree of resistance of bacteria to
antibiotics and fungal diversity, to propose alternatives to improving the
environmental conditions for the laboratory. The bacteria isolated were
characte rized by gram positive and gram negative by the Gram method . Disk
diffusion was used to reveal the sensitivity profile. The isolated filamentous fungi
are of the genus: Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Epicoccum, Stemphylium and the
yeast Candida albicans The data generated from daily observations, during
one week, pre sented a considerable increase of the bacterial colony forming
units The susceptibility profile of the gram positive bacteria presented greater
sensitivity to the 10 tested antibiotics and the gram negative showed greater
antimicrobial resistance. The imp ortance of knowing the sensitivity profile of
bacteria is related to the prevention of possible infectious episodes when
manipulating the tools, especially the ones with potentially resistant bacteria. In
the identification of the fungi by coverslip cultiv ation, the predominance of
Aspergillus was verified referring to allergic causes and respiratory infections
and other pathogenicities that cause severe health problems to users. It is
understood that the occurrence and knowledge of microbial agents in
envi ronments with greater circulation of users are essential to the prevention
and control of risk factors and health problems.