Comparison of keypads and touch-screen mobile phones/devices as potential risk for microbial contamination

Koroglu M., GÜNAL S., YILDIZ F., SAVAS M., ÖZER A., Altindis M.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.9, no.12, pp.1308-1314, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.6171
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1308-1314
  • Keywords: Mobile phones, touch-screen mobile phones, keypad mobile phones, microbial contamination, healthcare workers, BACTERIAL-CONTAMINATION, PHONES, TRANSMISSION
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Touch-screen mobile phones/devices (TMPs/Ds) are increasingly used in hospitals. They may act as a mobile reservoir for microbial pathogens. The rates of microbial contamination of TMPs/Ds and keypad mobile phones (KMPs) with respect to different variables including use by healthcare workers (HCWs)/non-HCWs and the demographic characteristics of users were investigated.