ArticleTropical medicine and health2019
Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance.
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- Bacterial burden and drug-resistant bacteria in healthcare workers' mobile phones: a study in Puerto Rican outpatient clinics.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
- Role of Mobile Phone Use in Spreading Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Implicated in Causation of Diarrheal and Nosocomial Infections at Kitale County Hospital.The East African health research journal · 2023Article
- Smartphones as an Ecological Niche of Microorganisms: Microbial Activities, Assembly, and Opportunistic Pathogens.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Fungal contamination of medical students' mobile phones from the University of Belgrade, Serbia: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?The Science of the total environment · 2021Review
- Factors Affecting Bacterial Adhesion on Selected Textile Fibres.Indian journal of microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study attempts to identify and determine the pattern of drug susceptibility of the microorganisms present in mobile phones of health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs in a hospital environment. Mobile phones of 100 participants including both genders were randomly swabbed from nine different wards/units and the bacterial cultures were characterized using VITEK 2 system.
resultsForty-seven mobile phones were culture positive and a total of 57 isolates were obtained which consisted of 28 Gram-positive organisms and 29 Gram-negative organisms. The predominating organisms were
conclusionThis study reports for the first time that the mobile phones of non-health care workers harbour more bacterial diversity and are more prone to cause transmission of pathogens. This study can serve to educate the public on personal hand hygiene practices and on maintaining clean mobile phones through antiseptic measures.
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