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

被引：42

作者：

Sadat-Ali, Mir ^{[1
]}

Al-Omran, Ammar K. ^{[1
]}

Azam, Quamar ^{[1
]}

Bukari, Huda ^{[2
]}

Al-Zahrani, AlHussain J. ^{[3
]}

Al-Turki, Rasha A. ^{[4
]}

Al-Omran, Abdallah S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Dammam Univ, Coll Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

[2] Dammam Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

[3] Dammam Univ, Coll Med, Dept Microbiol, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

[4] Dammam Univ, Coll Med, Dept Nursing, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2010年 / 38卷 / 05期

关键词：

Bacterial flora; cell phones; nosocomial Infection; infection control; INFECTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.007

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

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.

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