Literature DB >> 20363049

Bacterial flora on cell phones of health care providers in a teaching institution.

Mir Sadat-Ali1, Ammar K Al-Omran, Quamar Azam, Huda Bukari, AlHussain J Al-Zahrani, Rasha A Al-Turki, Abdallah S Al-Omran.   

Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional study involving culture of cell phones of 288 health care providers (HCP) during a 6-month period. One hundred nine (43.6%) HCP carried infective organisms on their cell phones. It is recommended that cell phones be cleaned regularly. Copyright 2010 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Year:  2010        PMID： 20363049     DOI： 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.007

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Infect Control        ISSN： 0196-6553            Impact factor:   2.918


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