Healthcare Workers’ Mobile Phones as a Possible Vehicle of Nosocomial Pathogens and the Role of Different Disinfectants in their Decontamination

Elgabeery, Rana E.; Eissa, Radwa; Soliman, Sohair M.; Ghoname, Naglaa F.

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“…Following the exclusion of 844 articles, a total of 87 full-text papers were verified for eligibility using the pre-determined criteria, with 64 articles being excluded. Finally, 23 articles [21][22][23][24][25][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] that satisfied the criteria were included in the meta-analysis (Fig. 1).…”

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“…The current meta-analysis used 2,623 mobile phones from healthcare professionals to estimate the pooled proportion of bacterial contamination. In terms of sub-regional distribution, nine studies were from Eastern Africa [22,24,25,42,[44][45][46]58], four studies from Western [21,51,52,55], seven studies from Northern [23,[47][48][49][50]54, 57], one study from Southern [56], and two studies from middle African countries [53,59] (Table 1).…”

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Bacterial contamination of Healthcare workers’ mobile phones in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zenbaba

Sahiledengle

Beressa

et al. 2022

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Background: Mobile phones are potential reservoirs for pathogens and sources of healthcare-associated illnesses. More microbes can be found on a mobile phone than on a man's lavatory seat, the sole of a shoe, or a door handle. When examining patients, frequent handling of mobile phones can spread bacteria and provide a suitable breeding environment for numerous microorganisms. Nevertheless, evidence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones among healthcare workers in Africa was not conclusive. Thus, this meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to estimate the pooled prevalence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones used by healthcare workers and the most frequent bacterial isolates in Africa. Methods: We systematically retrieved relevant studies using PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, POPLINE, HINARI, Science Direct, Cochrane Library databases, and Google Scholar from 2009 to 2021 publication year. We included observational studies that reported the prevalence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones among healthcare workers. Two independent authors assessed the quality of the studies. The DerSimonian-random Laird's effect model was used to calculate effect estimates for the pooled prevalence of bacterial contamination in mobile phones, as well as a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: Among 3882 retrieved studies, 23 eligible articles with a total sample size of 2,623 study participants were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of mobile phones bacterial contamination among healthcare workers was 83.9% (95% CI: 80.6, 87.2%; I 2 = 98%, p-value < 0.001). The most dominant type of bacteria isolated in this review was coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS) which accounted for 44.5% of the pooled contamination rate of mobile phones used by healthcare workers, followed by Staphylococcus aureus (32.3%), and Escherichia coli (8.4%). Conclusion: The review indicated that the contamination with a different bacterial isolate of mobile phones used by health care workers was high. The most dominant bacterial isolates were Coagulase-negative staphylococci , Staphylococcus aureus , and Escherichia coli . Hence, these findings would have implications for policymakers and resource allocation for preventive measures initiatives.

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Bacterial contamination of Healthcare workers’ mobile phones in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zenbaba

Sahiledengle

Beressa

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Bacterial contamination of healthcare workers’ mobile phones in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sahiledengle,

Beressa

et al. 2023

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Background Mobile phones are potential reservoirs for pathogens and sources of healthcare-associated infections. More microbes can be found on a mobile phone than on a man's lavatory seat, the sole of a shoe, or a door handle. When examining patients, frequent handling of mobile phones can spread bacteria. Nevertheless, evidence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones used by healthcare workers in Africa was inconclusive. Thus, this meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to estimate the pooled prevalence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones used by healthcare workers and the most frequent bacterial isolates in Africa. Methods We systematically retrieved relevant studies using PubMed/MEDLINE, POPLINE, HINARI, Science Direct, Cochrane Library databases, and Google Scholar from July 1, 2023 to August 08, 2023. We included observational studies that reported the prevalence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones among healthcare workers. The DerSimonian–random Laird's effect model was used to calculate effect estimates for the pooled prevalence of bacterial contamination in mobile phones and a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results Among 4544 retrieved studies, 26 eligible articles with a total sample size of 2,887 study participants were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of mobile phone bacterial contamination among healthcare workers was 84.5% (95% CI 81.7, 87.4%; I2 = 97.9%, p value < 0.001). The most dominant type of bacteria isolated in this review was coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS) which accounted for 44.0% of the pooled contamination rate of mobile phones used by healthcare workers, followed by Staphylococcus aureus (31.3%), and Escherichia coli (10.7%). Conclusions In this review, the contamination of mobile phones used by HCWs with various bacterial isolates was shown to be considerable. The most prevalent bacteria isolates were coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus aurous, and Escherichia coli. The prevalence of bacterial contamination in mobile phones varies by country and sub-region. Hence, healthcare planners and policymakers should establish norms to manage healthcare workers' hand hygiene and disinfection after using mobile phones.

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Healthcare Workers’ Mobile Phones as a Possible Vehicle of Nosocomial Pathogens and the Role of Different Disinfectants in their Decontamination

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