Safety control of manual vacuum pump for plastic cupping

摘要

Purpose: In Korea, disposable cupping unit is applied to thepatient for safe treatment. But, even though disposable cuppingunit is used, there are still infection event exit yet. Thisstudy aims to find out the cause of infection occurs in thetraditional medical clinic associated with cupping treatment.Methods: Used manual vacuum pump was collected from5 private hospitals and 8 university hospitals in airtight conditionto prevent the additional contamination. Bacterial smearwas made by blot of the inside surface of the connecting partbetween cupping unit and vacuum pump. Bacterial cultureand identification is performed by the company specializingin microbiological analysis (ChunLab Inc., Seoul, Korea), usingnext generation sequencing and EzTaxon Database of Chun-Lab.