Study of Bacterial Colonization of Mobile Phones and Writing Pens of Doctors and Nurses in Surgical Department
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 0, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Mobile phones and writing pens of health care worker can harbor nosocomial microorganisms. Cross sectional study was done to find out microorganism contamination rate of writing pens & mobile phones of Doctors and Nurses along with their antibiotic sensitivity at Surgery department of Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad. Doctors and Nurses both should be aware that they may carry pathogenic microorganism on their mobile phones and writing pens.
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Harshad Shankarlal Patel , Parul C. Patel , Sachin M. Patel , Nidhi Sood , Nehal Naik
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