Mobile phone hygiene: Potential risks posed by use in the clinics of an Indian dental school

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1153-1158

  Singh, Sweta ^a   Acharya, Shashidhar ^a   Bhat, Meghashyam ^a   Rao, Sreevidya Krishna ^a   Pentapati, Kalyana Chakravarthy ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Dental school clinics; Isopropyl alcohol; Mobile phones; Nosocomial pathogens

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOMITE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; BACTERIA; CELLULAR PHONE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOMITES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL;

EID: 77958170483     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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