Mobile phones of anesthesiologists as reservoirs of nosocomial bacteria in a quaternary teaching hospital: an observational study

Mobile phones of anesthesiologists as reservoirs of nosocomial bacteria in a quaternary teaching hospital: an observational study

Background: Mobile phones in hospital settings have been identified as an important source of cross-contamination because of the low frequency with which mobile phones are cleaned by health workers and cyclical contamination of the hands and face. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Haelvoet Correa, Carla de Souza Formigoni, Suzethe Matiko Sasagawa, Mariana Volpe Arnoni, Lígia Andrade da Silva Telles Mathias, Marcelo Jennè Mimica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Bacterial colonization
Infection prevention
Patient care
Quality measures
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001421003419

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