Do mobile phones of patients, companions and visitors carry multidrug-resistant hospital pathogens?
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine bacterial colonization on the mobile phones (MPs) used by patients, patients’ companions, visitors, and health care workers (HCWs). Significantly higher rates of pathogens (39.6% vs 20.6%, respectively; P = .02) were found in MPs of patients’ (n = 48) versus the HCWs’ (n = 12). There were also […]
Mobile phones: emerging threat for infection control
This study was conducted to determine whether mobile phones of healthcare workers (HCWs) and corporate users harbour micro-organisms. Swabs collected from mobile phones were inoculated in solid and liquid media, and incubated aerobically. Growth was identified as per standard microbiological procedures. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined for Staphylococcus aureus. A questionnaire was used for data collection on awareness […]
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The Biggest Takeaways From APIC 2017
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Healthcare workers’ mobile phones: a potential cause of microbial cross-contamination between hospitals and community
Mobile phones owned by health care workers are potential vectors for transferring nosocomial pathogens between themselves, patients, and the community.
Three Things to Look out for at APIC 2017
Welcome to the CleanSlate UV blog! Along with the launch of our new website, we have started a blog so that we can contribute to conversations around infection control, h […]
Welcome to the CleanSlate UV Blog!
Welcome to the CleanSlate UV blog! Along with the launch of our new website, we have started a blog so that we can contribute to conversations around infection control, h […]
