Doctors taking a pulse using their mobile phone can spread MRSA

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7840, 2012, Pages

  Morris, Thomas C ^a   Moore, Luke S P ^a   Shaunak, Sunil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGAR MEDIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; FINGER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CELLULAR PHONE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIANS; PULSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84860590687     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e412     Document Type: Letter

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