Mobile phones and infection in a hospital setting

Health care workers hold an important role in the transmission of hospital acquired infection in a health care setting. In the current study, swab samples were taken from 140 healthcare personnel. Two samples were collected from each subject. One from mobiles and the other from hands, constituting  a total of 280 swab samples.
From 140 hand swabs taken, 121 were positive for bacterial growth and from the corresponding 140 mobile phone samples, 99 were positive. The 140 workers were divided into 4 groups and overall, technicians had the highest rate for mobile phone bacterial growth and doctors the highest for  bacterial growth on hands.

Venkatesan. A. (2015). The role of hand hygiene and mobile phones in transmitting hospital 
acquired infection. International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research,  6(05), 435-437.