Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

Mobile phones of Health care workers: Friend or Foe.

Lawani Ebidor. U, Oxford Igoh Obi

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<p><p><p> Mobile phones can act as a reservoir of a wide variety of bacterial species, many of which have the potential to be </p> <div>pathogenic. A cross sectional study was carried out in two health facilities in the southern part of Nigeria within a two </div> <div>month period to screen the mobile phones of health workers for bacterial contamination. 58 % of hospital staff mobile </div> <div>phones were contaminated with bacteria and the most prevalent bacteria was Staphylococcus aureus (34%). Other bacteria isolated were </div> <div>Micrococcus sp (14%), Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (24%), P aeruginosa (14%) and E.coli (14%). Mobile phones of Clinical staff were more </div> <div>contaminated than those of the non clinical staff though the difference was not statistically significant as p> 0.05. Cleaning and proper handling </div> <div>of mobile phones by all hospital staff is relevant to curtail the spread of Nosocomial infections</div></p></p>

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Lawani Ebidor. U, Oxford Igoh Obi Mobile phones of Health care workers: Friend or Foe Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 3 March 2015

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