Do mobile phone surfaces carry SARS-CoV-2 virus? A systematic review warranting the inclusion of a “6th” moment of hand hygiene in healthcare

Do mobile phone surfaces carry SARS-CoV-2 virus? A systematic review warranting the inclusion of a “6th” moment of hand hygiene in healthcare

Background: Mobile phones, used in billions throughout the world, are high-touch devices subject to a dynamic contamination of microorganisms and rarely considered as an important fomite to sanitise systematically. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in the COVID-19 pandemic, arguably the most impa...

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Main Authors: Matthew Olsen, Thibaut Demaneuf, Gobinddeep Singh, Adrian Goldsworthy, Peter Jones, Mark Morgan, Rania Nassar, Abiola Senok, Rose Ghemrawi, Reem Almheiri, Hussain Al Marzooqi, Sumaya Almansoori, Abdullah Albastaki, Rashid Almansoori, Simon McKirdy, Rashed Alghafri, Lotti Tajouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Mobile phones
Cell phones
Fomite
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123002848

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