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Bacterial contamination of hospital pagers.

Deepjot Singh1, Hanspreet Kaur, William G Gardner, Lisa B Treen.   

Abstract

We assessed the bacterial contamination of the pagers of healthcare personnel and the efficacy of disinfection with 70% isopropyl alcohol. Microorganisms were isolated from all pagers; 21% yielded Staphylococcus aureus, of which 14% were methicillin resistant. Cleaning with alcohol reduced the total colony count by an average of 94%. Bacterial load varied by healthcare worker group and service assignment.

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Year:  2002        PMID： 12026153     DOI： 10.1086/502048

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


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