2004
DOI: 10.1086/502334
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Colonization of Personal Digital Assistants Carried by Healthcare Professionals

Abstract: This study evaluated personal digital assistant (PDA) microbial colonization before and after cleaning with alcohol. Samples from 75 PDAs were processed. Before cleaning, 96% of the samples were culture positive. After cleaning, 75% became culture negative. PDAs cleaned with an alcohol swab demonstrated significant reduction in colonization.

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“…These findings were consistent with previous studies; it has been shown that a suitable method to disinfect cell phones is cleaning them with alcohol 70% which results in less contamination (9,(60)(61)(62)(63)(64)(65).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…These findings were consistent with previous studies; it has been shown that a suitable method to disinfect cell phones is cleaning them with alcohol 70% which results in less contamination (9,(60)(61)(62)(63)(64)(65).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…[83][84][85][86]87 in the operating room and intensive care setting have demonstrated bacterial contamination of anesthetists' hands after mobile phone use, with a direct correlation between the distributions of isolated microorganisms from mobile phones and hand isolates. 83 This finding was supported in further studies performed in India and Israel; Khivsara et al 88 reported genetically identical Staphylococcus aureus on a number of doctors' hands and their phones, with a co-contamination rate of 6.7%.…”
Section: Cross-contaminationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Az egészségügyi környezetben leggyakrabban előforduló patogének életképességének ideje az élettelen felületeken [ [7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,32,33,34,35,36]. Mindkét opportunista kórokozó megtalálható az egészséges emberek 20-30%-ának a bőrén és a nyálka-hártyáján.…”
Section: Táblázatunclassified
“…Az alacsony, 30%-os vagy az ennél kisebb arányban alkoholt tartalmazó gyors felületfertőtlenítő törlőkendők (például Bacillol ® 30 Tissues) használata a mobil kommunikációs eszközök fertőtlenítésének egyszerű és olcsó módszere, amellyel ezen eszközök kontaminációja 75-98%-kal csökkenthető [7,10,12,13,14,19,30,42]. A gyártók nem javasolják az alkoholt tartalmazó törlőken-dők használatát, azonban számos tanulmány szerint nem okoznak kárt ezekben a készülékekben [7,10,12,13,14,19,30,42].…”
Section: Fertőtlenítésunclassified
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