Do mobile phones of patients, companions and visitors carry multidrug-resistant hospital pathogens?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 379-381

  Tekerekoǧlu, Mehmet Sait ^a   Duman, Yucel ^a   Serindaǧ, Ayfer ^a   Cuǧlan, Serpil Semiha ^a   Kaysadu, Halim ^a   Tunc, Emine ^a   Yakupogullari, Yusuf ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

colonization; Mobile phone; nosocomial; patient visitor

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOBILE PHONE; PROTEUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FOMITES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TURKEY; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 79957885468     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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