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Bacterial Effects of Body Piercing

Bacterial Effects of Body Piercing. Robert S. Bruneel Undergraduate Student Department of Education Secondary Education Biology Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN 38501. Project Summary.

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Bacterial Effects of Body Piercing

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  1. Bacterial Effects of Body Piercing Robert S. Bruneel Undergraduate Student Department of Education Secondary Education Biology Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN 38501

  2. Project Summary • PROBLEM/QUESTION-Are body piercings more prone to bacterial formation, depending on the place of the piercing? • OBJECTIVE- To prove that depending on the place of piercing, more bacteria formation is likely to occur around piercing site. • HYPOTHESIS- A person is more susceptible to bacteria formation around piercing site. • NULL HYPOTHESIS- A person is not more susceptible to bacteria formation around piercing site.

  3. Project Summary • GOAL: • To prove that people that have body piercings are more prone to bacterial growth around the pierce site than someone without the piercing at the same site. • HOW DO I ACCOMPLISH GOAL: • Data: Swabs of people with different piercings. • Treatments: • 1. People with no piercing. • 2. People that have an ear piercing. • 3. People with tongue piercing. • Control: People with no piercings. • Replicates: Two groups of people, both with ear piercings and two groups of people with tongue piercings and two groups of people with no piercings at all.

  4. Intoduction • PROBLEM = body piercing can cause serious bacterial infections. • HYPOTHESIS- A person is more susceptible to bacteria formation around piercing site. • NULL HYPOTHESIS- A person is not more susceptible to bacteria formation around piercing site.

  5. Articles Being Referenced • The risks of ear piercing in children • Schleroderma and body piercing • Monitoring and educational feedback to improve the compliance of tattooists and body piercers with infection control standards: A randomized controlled trial • Infection control practices among tattooists and body piercers in Sydney, Australia • Body piercing as a risk factor for viral hepatitis: An integrative research review • Antibiotic prophylaxis, body piercing and infective endocarditis • Body piercing: medical consequences and psychological motivations • Mastitis Due to Mycobacterium abscessus after Body Piercing

  6. Materials and Methods • Material/Supplies: • Swabs • Petri dishes • Incubator • People • Step-by-Step: • 1. Obtain people. • 2. Swab ear piercings. • 3. Swab tongue piercings. • 4. Swab similar area of people with no piercings. • 5. Streak Petri dishes and then incubate. • 6. Check for growth. • 7. Record data and analyze.

  7. Expected Results and Benefits • Data Summarization: Data will be summarized by a chart of data including colony counts. • Assumptions: The people that I do the experiment on will have good hygiene and no colds. • Expected Results: The people that I take swabs from will have more bacteria around pierce site, as others with no piercing will have less bacteria. • Advantages/Disadvantages = A lot of people have piercings, so it is easy to find subjects to experiment on, but not everyone has the same hygiene so the experiment has some error.

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