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Investigation of Microbial Contamination of Health Care Workers’ Mobile Phones in Intensive Care Units and Operating Room

Yoğun Bakım Üniteleri ve Ameliyathane Çalışanlarının Cep Telefonlarının Mikrobiyal Kontaminasyonunun Araştırılması

Nevcivan GÜLDAŞ
Zeynep GÜLAY
Sema ALP ÇAVUŞ
Pages
227–231
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the rate of bacterial contamination was significantly lower than the other departments (p

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Healthcare workers’ mobile phones can be colonized by bacteria known to cause nosocomial infections.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: A total of 96 culture samples were taken from mobile phones of health care workers who work in the Anesthesia, Internal Medicine and Pediatric Intensive Care Units and the Operating Room.
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Objective: Healthcare workers’ mobile phones can be colonized by bacteria known to cause nosocomial infections. The aim of this study is to determine contamination of mobile phones of health care workers in the intensive care units and the operating room and the risk factors related to microbial contamination. Methods: A total of 96 culture samples were taken from mobile phones of health care workers who work in the Anesthesia, Internal Medicine and Pediatric Intensive Care Units and the Operating Room. A questionnaire about mobile phone usage habits was administered. The samples were screened for bacterial pathogens by standard bacteriological procedures. The methicillin sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus isolates was tested. Results: The rate of bacterial contamination of mobile phones of health care workers was 90.6%. There was no relationship between gender, age and occupation of healthcare workers and mobile phone bacterial contamination (p value 0.270, 0.796, 0.414, respectively). In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the rate of bacterial contamination was significantly lower than the other departments (p

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Amaç: Sağlık çalışanlarının cep telefonları, hastane infeksiyonuna yol açtığı bilinen bakterilerle kolonize olabilmektedir. Buçalışmada, yoğun bakım üniteleri ve ameliyathanede görevyapan sağlık çalışanlarının cep telefonlarının mikrobiyal kontaminasyonunun ve kontaminasyonla ilişkili risk faktörlerininbelirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Yöntemler: Anestezi, Dahiliye ve Pediyatri Yoğun Bakım Üniteleri ve ameliyathanede görev yapan 96 sağlık çalışanının ceptelefonundan kültür örnekleri alındı. Çalışanların cep telefonukullanım alışkanlıklarıyla ilgili anket formu dolduruldu. Örnekler standard mikrobiyolojik yöntemlerle patojen bakteri varlığıaçısından incelendi. Saptanan Staphylococcus aureus izolatlarında metisilin duyarlılığı araştırıldı.Bulgular: Cep telefonlarından alınan örneklerin %90.6’sındamikrobiyal kontaminasyon saptandı. Çalışanların cinsiyet, yaşve meslekleriyle cep telefonlarından alınan örneklerde bakteriyel kontaminasyon varlığı arasında ilişki saptanmadı (pdeğeri sırasıyla, 0.270, 0.796, 0.414). Pediyatri Yoğun BakımÜnitesi’nde bakteriyel kontaminasyon oranı diğer bölümlerden anlamlı olarak düşük bulundu (p

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GÜLDAŞ, N., GÜLAY, Z., ÇAVUŞ, S. A. (2022). Investigation of Microbial Contamination of Health Care Workers’ Mobile Phones in Intensive Care Units and Operating Room. Klimik Dergisi, Cilt: 31 - Sayı: 3, 227–231. https://ajindex.com/articles/573521

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