Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

MOBILE PHONES USED BY THE HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INFECTIONS

Rekha, Dr. Uttara Borkotoki

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 TOPIC: Mobile phones used by the health care personnel as a potential source of infection.

Use of mobile phones by health care personnel in a hospital setup has been implicated as reservoirs of known nosocomial microorganisms. Objectives were to isolate and identify the microorganisms present on mobile phones of participants and establish the relationship between isolates of hands and mobile phones. It was a case control study includes 60 participants. The samples were tested for the isolation and identification microorganisms by the routine bacteriological procedures. Results showed significant bacterial growth in mobile phones (96.7%) and hands (83.3%) of health care personnel.  36.3% of organism isolated from mobile phones was same with the organisms isolated from hands of their respective participants. Data analysis was done by Microsoft office excel 2007. This research concludes mobile phones may act as a potential source pathogenic microorganisms.

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Rekha, Dr. Uttara Borkotoki, MOBILE PHONES USED BY THE HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INFECTIONS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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