Contamination of healthcare workers' mobile phones by epidemic viruses

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 456.e1-456.e6

  Pillet, S ^a,b   Berthelot, P ^a,b   Gagneux Brunon, A ^a,b   Mory, O ^b   Gay, C ^b   Viallon, A ^b   Lucht, F ^a,b   Pozzetto, B ^a,b   Botelho Nevers, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemic viruses; Healthcare workers; Hospital acquired infections; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RNA VIRUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956913597     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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