The role of mobile phones in improving vaccination rates in travelers

Vilella, Anna; Bayas, JM; Díaz, M I Costa; Guinovart, Caterina; Díez, Consolación; Simó, D.; Muñoz, Amparo; Cerezo, Javier

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.005

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“…Micro-organisms can be transferred from person to person or from inanimate objects (such as stethoscopes, bronchoscopes, pagers, ballpoint pens, patient hospital charts ,computer keyboards, mobile phones and fixed telephones) to hands and vice versa [4,6,8,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18] .…”

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“…Nowadays, the usage of mobile phone in health care services is being increased. Innovations in mobile communication have led to better patient control of diabetes and asthma, and increased uptake of vaccinations by travelers reminded by Short Message Service (SMS) [14][15][16][17] . The increased use of mobile phones is seen against a background rise in nosocomial infection rates reported by ecological findings [5] .…”

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Bacterial Contamination and Resistance to Commonly Used Antimicrobials of Healthcare Workers' Mobile Phones in Teaching Hospitals, Kerman, Iran

Sepehri¹

2009

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Problem Statement:The contamination rates of Health Care Worker's (HCW) mobile phones and resistance to commonly used antimicrobials were evaluated in three teaching hospitals in Kerman, Iran. So, we examined 150 randomly selected HCWs in three teaching hospitals in Kerman, Iran, 2007. For each HCW a sterile swab moistened with sterile water was rotated over the surface of both sides of his/her phone, a second swab for the sampling of the dominant hand. Both swabs were cultured by the routine methodology in use at laboratory. Plates were incubated aerobically at 37°C for 48 h. Approach: All samples were examined for the antimicrobial activity for commonly used antimicrobials using disc diffusion method. Results: A total of 48 (32.0%, CI95 24.6-40.1%) mobile phones and 59 (39.3%, CI95 31.5-47.6%) of dominant hands had bacterial contamination and Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most commonly cultured organisms from all sites. The resistance rates to commonly used antimicrobials in isolated bacteria from phones and dominant hand varied from 6.7% for cephalothin to 25% for amoxicillin, respectively. Conclusions/Recommendations: The kind of isolated microorganisms and their susceptibility to commonly used antimicrobials from dominant hands were almost similar with those from phones (p<0.05). In conclusion, the results indicated that the rate of bacterial contamination of the HCW's phone is just below 50%, accompanying with a resistance rate to the common used antibiotics in one fourth of all the cases. Therefore, mobile phones could be an important source of nosocomial infections and the spread of bacterial resistance bacteria in medical healthcare settings.

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Bacterial Contamination and Resistance to Commonly Used Antimicrobials of Healthcare Workers' Mobile Phones in Teaching Hospitals, Kerman, Iran

Sepehri¹

2009

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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“…We successfully employed the use of these conventional text message reminder/recall to improve receipt of adolescent vaccinations including return for subsequent HPV vaccine doses, 65 as well as receipt of vaccination against meningitis and pertussis. 66 They have also been successfully used in an adult travel clinic to promote return for needed hepatitis doses, 67 as well as for receipt of the primary childhood vaccination series, although the sample size in that pilot study was too small to achieve statistical significance despite large differences between groups. 68 While acting as a notification, these conventional text message reminders do not address other vaccine education needs.…”

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Utilizing health information technology to improve vaccine communication and coverage

Stockwell

Fiks

2013

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…As technology in this area has evolved, MHDs that provide laboratory and imaging results, patient data, and photographic images are being used by physicians during bedside rounds to engage clinicians, residents, and students. Healthcare workers (HCWs) access pharmaceutical knowledge and literature by MPs and MHDs, which facilitates learning and clinical performance [4,5]. It is possible, with advanced mobile communications, to closely monitor diseases, such as diabetes and asthma, even without requiring the patient's presence in the hospital.…”

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“…It is possible, with advanced mobile communications, to closely monitor diseases, such as diabetes and asthma, even without requiring the patient's presence in the hospital. MPs provide unique facilities for situations, such as the treatment of travel infections, vaccinations, and the remote control of epidemics [4,5]. MPs essentially provide access to health workers without limitation to facilitate communication with patients.…”

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Are healthcare workers’ mobile phones a potential source of nosocomial infections? Review of the literature

Ülger

Dilek

Esen

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J Infect Dev Ctries

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Mobile communication devices help accelerate in-hospital flow of medical information, information sharing and querying, and contribute to communications in the event of emergencies through their application and access to wireless media technology. Healthcare-associated infections remain a leading and high-cost problem of global health systems despite improvements in modern therapies. The objective of this article was to review different studies on the relationship between mobile phones (MPs) and bacterial crosscontamination and report common findings. Thirty-nine studies published between 2005 and 2013 were reviewed. Of these, 19 (48.7%) identified coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), and 26 (66.7%) identified Staphylococcus aureus; frequency of growth varied. The use of MPs by healthcare workers increases the risk of repetitive cyclic contamination between the hands and face (e.g., nose, ears, and lips), and differences in personal hygiene and behaviors can further contribute to the risks. MPs are rarely cleaned after handling. They may transmit microorganisms, including multiple resistant strains, after contact with patients, and can be a source of bacterial cross-contamination. To prevent bacterial contamination of MPs, hand-washing guidelines must be followed and technical standards for prevention strategies should be developed.Key words: healthcare workers; mobile phones; bacteria; nosocomial infection; contamination. J Infect Dev Ctries IntroductionThe rapid progress of modern technology has contributed not only to medical fields, but also to the development of technologies for individual use. This technology includes personal computers, pagers, mobile hand-held devices (MHDs) (wireless tablets such as iPad, droids, etc.) and mobile phones (MPs), in which improvements have been made at a staggering speed over the past 20 years [1][2][3]. MPs and MHDs help accelerate in-hospital flow of medical information and information sharing and querying, and contribute to communications in the event of emergencies through their application and access to wireless media technology [1,2]. As technology in this area has evolved, MHDs that provide laboratory and imaging results, patient data, and photographic images are being used by physicians during bedside rounds to engage clinicians, residents, and students. Healthcare workers (HCWs) access pharmaceutical knowledge and literature by MPs and MHDs, which facilitates learning and clinical performance [4,5]. It is possible,

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The role of mobile phones in improving vaccination rates in travelers

Cited by 130 publications

References 39 publications

Bacterial Contamination and Resistance to Commonly Used Antimicrobials of Healthcare Workers' Mobile Phones in Teaching Hospitals, Kerman, Iran

Bacterial Contamination and Resistance to Commonly Used Antimicrobials of Healthcare Workers' Mobile Phones in Teaching Hospitals, Kerman, Iran

Utilizing health information technology to improve vaccine communication and coverage

Are healthcare workers’ mobile phones a potential source of nosocomial infections? Review of the literature

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