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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Students' Mobile Phones: Impact of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), Users' Demographics and Device Characteristics on Bacterial Load.

Massimo Maurici, Francesca Pica, Gian Loreto D'Alò, Domenico Cicciarella Modica, Alessandra Distefano, Margarida Gorjao, Maria Sofia Simonelli, Livio Serafinelli, Patrizia De Filippis

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Massimo MauriciDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5884-161X
Francesca PicaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Gian Loreto D'AlòDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4125-2066
Domenico Cicciarella ModicaDistrict 4, Local Health Authority Roma 6, 00100 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2031-9313
Alessandra DistefanoDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Margarida GorjaoSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Maria Sofia SimonelliSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Livio SerafinelliSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Patrizia De FilippisDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated the bacterial contamination of mobile phones (MPs) in relation to users' demographics, habits, and device characteristics by administering questionnaires to 83 healthcare university students and sampling their MPs by following a cross-sectional design. The heterotrophic plate count (HPC) at 22 °C (HPC 22 °C) and 37 °C (HPC 37 °C), Enterococci, Gram-negative bacteria, and Staphylococci were evaluated. Higher bacterial loads were detected for HPC 37 °C and Staphylococci (416 and 442 CFU/dm

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EnterococciGram negative bacteriahealthcare studentsmobile phonesspecific absorption rate (SAR)Staphylococci

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PMID37374131
PMCPMC10301942

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