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

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Ülger F., Dilek A., Esen Ş., Sunbul M., Leblebicioglu H.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, cilt.9, sa.10, ss.1046-1053, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3855/jidc.6104
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1046-1053
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: healthcare workers, mobile phones, bacteria, nosocomial infection, contamination, BACTERIAL-CONTAMINATION, CELL PHONES, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, CROSS-CONTAMINATION, MEDICAL STAFF, TELEPHONES, COMMUNICATION, SPREAD, TECHNOLOGY, PATHOGENS
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.