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, cilt.9, sa.12, ss.1308-1314, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.