Comparison of keypads and touch-screen mobile phones/devices as potential risk for microbial contamination
JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, cilt.9, sa.12, ss.1308-1314, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 12
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.3855/jidc.6171
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1308-1314
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Mobile phones, touch-screen mobile phones, keypad mobile phones, microbial contamination, healthcare workers, BACTERIAL-CONTAMINATION, PHONES, TRANSMISSION
- İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.