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The Possible Role of Mobile Phones in Spreading Microorganisms in Hospitals

2014-01-01

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Mobile phones belonging to healthcare workers and inpatients represent a potential source of microorganisms, some being well-known sources of hospital infections. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of contamination of the hands and mobile phones of healthcare workers and inpatients. The study comprised 200 healthcare workers and 100 inpatients of the University Hospital in Messina (Italy) between Ap...

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Literature Corpus work: d8deef86-c1c9-5471-be54-9e4272c21d53
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5948.1000164

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