Hospital mobile phones in 'superbug' scare

摘要

Mobile phone handsets belonging to hospital workers are covered in bacteria, including MRSA. Research published in BioMed Central's journal Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials describes how these may be a source of hospital-acquired infections.rnResearchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey, tested the phones of doctors and nurses in operating theatres and intensive care units and found that almost 95% were contaminated with bacteria with thernpotential to cause infections ranging from minor skin complaints to life-threatening illness. Only 10% of staff regularly cleaned their phone.