A mobil kommunikációs eszközök szerepe a fertőzések                     átvitelében. Szisztematikus irodalomelemzés

Morvai, Júlia; Szabó, Rita

doi:10.1556/650.2015.30147

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“…Research into the extent of bacterial contamination on HCWs’ mobile phones within specific units, such as intensive care wards, including pediatric, neonatal, and cardiac care wards, can provide valuable insights into the dynamics of HAI transmission [ 13 ]. Consequently, several national and international studies have investigated the bacterial contamination of mobile phones, or HCWs’ knowledge and attitudes toward this problem, in various hospital settings, including ICUs, PICUs, NICUs, and CCUs [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. These studies have highlighted the risk of mobile phones serving as reservoirs for nosocomial pathogens, which can be easily transmitted from the phone to patients and spread between different wards through hand contact [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones Used by Healthcare Workers in Critical Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Dhayhi,

Kameli,

Salawi

et al. 2023

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Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) present a formidable challenge for healthcare institutions, resulting in heightened mortality, morbidity, and economic burden. Within healthcare settings, various equipment and materials, including mobile phones, can potentially act as sources of infection. This study sought to examine the occurrence of bacterial contamination on mobile phones utilized by healthcare workers (HCWs) in intensive care units (ICUs), pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and cardiac care units (CCUs) within a central hospital (CH) and two peripheral hospitals (PHs) situated in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia. Materials and methods: We collected a total of 157 samples from mobile phones utilized by HCWs across all ICUs in the CH and PHs. These samples underwent bacteriological analysis to evaluate the degree of bacterial contamination. Results: We found that 45 out of 55 samples from physicians (81.81%) and 58 out of 77 samples from nurses (75.32%) showed bacterial contamination. Contamination rates on HCWs’ mobile phones in the ICU, PICU, and NICU departments of the CH were observed at 69.56%, 80.95%, and 70.27%, respectively. Furthermore, the overall contamination rates in the ICUs, NICUs, and CCUs of the PHs were 78.26%, 88.88%, and 66.66%, respectively. The overall contamination rates of mobile phones in the CH and PHs were 72.11% and 81.13%, respectively. Conclusion: These findings underscore the necessity of routinely disinfecting the mobile phones of HCWs to mitigate the risk of cross-contamination. Implementing robust disinfection protocols can significantly contribute to curtailing the propagation of bacterial pathogens and reducing the incidence of HAIs in healthcare settings.

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Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones Used by Healthcare Workers in Critical Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Dhayhi,

Kameli,

Salawi

et al. 2023

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“…Los resultados obtenidos por el equipo investigador reportaron presencia de al menos 70 UFC/celular para mesófilos aerobios, datos que son concordantes con lo reportado en la literatura mundial (3)(4)(5).…”

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“…Con la investigación realizada, el equipo de trabajo pudo darse cuenta del papel potencial de los dispositivos móviles como fuente de infecciones cruzadas intrahospitalarias, similar a otros resultados de publicaciones (3)(4)(5) , el uso de dispositivos móviles dentro de los quirófanos se encuentra sin regulación. La OMS en 2016 publicó las 16 recomendaciones para prevenir infecciones de sitio operatorio en colaboración con la revista LANCET donde postulaban medidas como la adecuada oxigenación, uso de películas adherentes impregnadas con antibiótico, control de la temperatura y adecuados cuidados postoperatorios (18) , no obstante dentro de estas recomendaciones no se reportaron datos frente al uso de dispositivos móviles.…”

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“…Varios estudios han podido identificar que alrededor del 90% de los dispositivos móviles del personal clínico son reservorios bacterianos susceptibles de causar infecciones intrahospitalarias (3,4) . En una revisión de literatura realizada con 30 artículos entre el 2004 y 2014, se pudo evidenciar niveles variables entre el 40% y el 100% de contaminación bacteriana asociado a la presencia de Staphylococcus coagulasa negativo y Staphylococcus aureus como las bacterias más frecuentes y hasta en un 95,3% resistentes a la meticilina (5) .…”

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Evaluación microbiológica de dispositivos móviles en personal quirúrgico de una institución de salud, Pereira, Colombia, 2018

Acevedo-Osorio¹,

Gómez-Fernández²,

Oyola-Leiva³

et al. 2019

Univ. Salud

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Introducción: El uso del teléfono celular se ha vuelto común en áreas del hospital, incluida la sala de operaciones, aumentando el riesgo de contaminación cruzada y las altas tasas de infecciones del sitio quirúrgico. Objetivo: Determinar la contaminación microbiana en dispositivos móviles del personal quirúrgico de una Institución de Salud de Pereira, Colombia en el primer semestre del año 2018. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo observacional, transversal. Se tomaron 10 dispositivos móviles del personal del área de quirófano al azar y a cada uno se le realizó frotis con hisopo estéril al estuche o cobertura del celular. La muestra se transportó en un tubo de ensayo con agua peptonada al 1 % hasta el momento de la siembra; las muestras se analizaron por técnica microbiológica recuento en placa profunda. Resultados: En las muestras se encontró un promedio de 93 UFC de mesófilos aerobios, 13 UFC de coliformes totales, 22 UFC de mohos y levaduras. Conclusión: El análisis microbiológico permitió detectar la presencia de elevadas cantidades de unidades formadoras de colonias que podrían contribuir de manera significativa a incrementar las tasas en infecciones asociadas a la atención en salud.

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Bacterial Colonization on Healthcare Workers’ Mobile Phones and Hands in Municipal Hospitals of Chongqing, China: Cross-contamination and Associated Factors

Yao¹,

Yang²,

Zhu³

et al. 2022

J Epidemiol Glob Health

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Background Mobile phones are widely used in clinical settings and could be colonized by potential pathogenic bacteria which may lead to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) transmission. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of bacterial contamination of healthcare workers’ (HCWs) mobile phones, identify bacterial isolates, and assess the factors associated with mobile phone contamination. Methods Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the information on the demographic characteristics and the use of mobile phones. A total of 111 HCWs’ hands and their mobile phones were swabbed, then bacterial culture, isolation, and identification were performed. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression were applied to identify factors associated with mobile phone bacterial contamination. Results Totally 106 (95.5%) of the 111 mobile phones investigated were contaminated with bacteria. Staphylococcus epidermidis (13/111), Acinetobacter baumannii (4/111) and Staphylococcus aureus (3/111) were the predominant bacterial isolates from HCWs’ mobile phones. Univariate analyses showed that age, gender, profession and the frequency of mobile phone utilization were significantly associated with the number of bacterial colonization. Frequency of phone utilization (OR 8.366; 95% CI 1.496–46.797) was found to be the most significant factors associated with the qualified rate of mobile phones bacterial load. In addition, phone cover using was associated with the increased risk of mobile phone bacterial contamination. Conclusion There was cross-contamination between hands and phones. It is necessary to develop guidelines for mobile phone cleaning. Special attention needs to be paid to the disinfection of mobile phone covers to reduce contamination and transmission of pathogens.

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A mobil kommunikációs eszközök szerepe a fertőzések átvitelében. Szisztematikus irodalomelemzés

Cited by 17 publications

References 33 publications

Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones Used by Healthcare Workers in Critical Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones Used by Healthcare Workers in Critical Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Evaluación microbiológica de dispositivos móviles en personal quirúrgico de una institución de salud, Pereira, Colombia, 2018

Bacterial Colonization on Healthcare Workers’ Mobile Phones and Hands in Municipal Hospitals of Chongqing, China: Cross-contamination and Associated Factors

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