ReviewWorld journal of orthopedics2020
Mobile phones in the orthopedic operating room: Microbial colonization and antimicrobial resistance.
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- Assessment of microbial contamination of mobile phones among medical staff, students, and visitors in a pediatric hematology-oncology ward and its relationship with infections among pediatric patients.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2026Article
- Bacterial contamination on mobile phones in the theatre area of a large veterinary hospital.Veterinary record open · 2025Article
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- Use of Biomaterials in 3D Printing as a Solution to Microbial Infections in Arthroplasty and Osseous Reconstruction.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Infections and Smartphone Use in Nursing Practice: A Systematic Review.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2022Article
- Metagenomic Sequencing and Reverse Transcriptase PCR Reveal That Mobile Phones and Environmental Surfaces Are Reservoirs of Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs and SARS-CoV-2.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Healthcare Derived Smart Watches and Mobile Phones are Contaminated Niches to Multidrug Resistant and Highly Virulent Microbes.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Bacterial contamination of mobile phones of healthcare workers at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.Infection prevention in practice · 2021Article
- Microbes on the Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers in Palestine: Identification, Characterization, and Comparison.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2021Article
- Review of microbial touchscreen contamination for the determination of reasonable ultraviolet disinfection doses.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2021Review
- Microbiological Contamination of Mobile Phones and Mobile Phone Hygiene of Final-Year Medical Students in Uganda: A Need for Educational Intervention.Advances in medical education and practice · 2021Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical site infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality following orthopedic surgery. Recent efforts to identify sources of contamination in the operating rooms have implicated mobile phones.
aimTo investigate microbial colonization on the mobile phones of health care professionals in the orthopedic operating room.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study involving culture and sensitivity analysis of swabs taken from the mobile phones of orthopedic and anesthesia attendings, residents, technicians and nurses working in the orthopedic operating rooms over a period of two months. Demographic and cell phone related factors were recorded using a questionnaire and the factors associated with contamination were analyzed.
resultsNinety-three of 100 mobile phones were contaminated. Species isolated were
conclusionMobile phones belonging to health care workers are frequently contaminated with pathogenic bacteria with the potential of transferring drug resistance to nosocomial pathogens. Studies investigating the relationship to surgical site infections need to be conducted. The concept of "mobile hygiene" involving the change of mobile covers, replacement of cracked screens or even wiping the phone with an alcohol swab could yield the cost-effective balance that contaminated cell phones deserve until they are established as a direct cause of surgical site infections.
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