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Wisconsin dairy farm worker perceptions and practices related to antibiotic use, resistance, and infection prevention using a systems engineering framework

We studied farmworker practices and beliefs potentially contributing to transmission of bacteria and their associated antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among animals and farm workers to identify potential behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of bacterial transmission. Ten focus groups were c...

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Autores principales: Kates, Ashley E., Knobloch, Mary Jo, Konkel, Ali, Young, Amanda, Steinberger, Andrew, Shutske, John, Ruegg, Pamela L., Sethi, Ajay K., Goldberg, Tony, Leite de Campos, Juliana, Suen, Garret, Safdar, Nasia
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34914704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258290
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author Kates, Ashley E.
Knobloch, Mary Jo
Konkel, Ali
Young, Amanda
Steinberger, Andrew
Shutske, John
Ruegg, Pamela L.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Goldberg, Tony
Leite de Campos, Juliana
Suen, Garret
Safdar, Nasia
author_facet Kates, Ashley E.
Knobloch, Mary Jo
Konkel, Ali
Young, Amanda
Steinberger, Andrew
Shutske, John
Ruegg, Pamela L.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Goldberg, Tony
Leite de Campos, Juliana
Suen, Garret
Safdar, Nasia
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description We studied farmworker practices and beliefs potentially contributing to transmission of bacteria and their associated antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among animals and farm workers to identify potential behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of bacterial transmission. Ten focus groups were conducted on eight Wisconsin dairy farms to assess potentially high-risk practices and farmworker knowledge and experiences with antibiotic use and resistance using the Systems Engineering in Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework. Farmworkers were asked to describe common on-farm tasks and the policies guiding these practices. We found workers demonstrated knowledge of the role of antibiotic stewardship in preventing the spread of ARGs. Worker knowledge of various forms of personal protective equipment was higher for workers who commonly reported glove-use. Additionally, workers knowledge regarding the importance of reducing ARG transmission varied but was higher than we had hypothesized. Programs to reduce ARG spread on dairy farms should focus on proper hand hygiene and personal protective equipment use at the level of knowledge, beliefs, and practices.
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spelling pubmed-86756842021-12-17 Wisconsin dairy farm worker perceptions and practices related to antibiotic use, resistance, and infection prevention using a systems engineering framework Kates, Ashley E. Knobloch, Mary Jo Konkel, Ali Young, Amanda Steinberger, Andrew Shutske, John Ruegg, Pamela L. Sethi, Ajay K. Goldberg, Tony Leite de Campos, Juliana Suen, Garret Safdar, Nasia PLoS One Research Article We studied farmworker practices and beliefs potentially contributing to transmission of bacteria and their associated antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among animals and farm workers to identify potential behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of bacterial transmission. Ten focus groups were conducted on eight Wisconsin dairy farms to assess potentially high-risk practices and farmworker knowledge and experiences with antibiotic use and resistance using the Systems Engineering in Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework. Farmworkers were asked to describe common on-farm tasks and the policies guiding these practices. We found workers demonstrated knowledge of the role of antibiotic stewardship in preventing the spread of ARGs. Worker knowledge of various forms of personal protective equipment was higher for workers who commonly reported glove-use. Additionally, workers knowledge regarding the importance of reducing ARG transmission varied but was higher than we had hypothesized. Programs to reduce ARG spread on dairy farms should focus on proper hand hygiene and personal protective equipment use at the level of knowledge, beliefs, and practices. Public Library of Science 2021-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8675684/ /pubmed/34914704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258290 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
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Kates, Ashley E.
Knobloch, Mary Jo
Konkel, Ali
Young, Amanda
Steinberger, Andrew
Shutske, John
Ruegg, Pamela L.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Goldberg, Tony
Leite de Campos, Juliana
Suen, Garret
Safdar, Nasia
Wisconsin dairy farm worker perceptions and practices related to antibiotic use, resistance, and infection prevention using a systems engineering framework
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34914704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258290
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