Comparison of keypads and touch-screen mobile phones/devices as potential risk for microbial contamination

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dc.authoridAltindis, Mustafa/0000-0003-0411-9669
dc.authoridAltindis, Mustafa/0000-0003-0411-9669
dc.authoridkoroglu, mehmet/0000-0001-8101-1104
dc.authoridözer, ali/0000-0002-7144-4915
dc.authoridGünal, Selami/0000-0002-4752-5176
dc.authorwosidAltindis, Mustafa/L-9899-2014
dc.authorwosidAltindis, Mustafa/O-8413-2019
dc.authorwosidkoroglu, mehmet/HTN-0171-2023
dc.authorwosidözer, ali/ABI-2209-2020
dc.authorwosidGünal, Selami/AAA-7246-2021
dc.contributor.authorKoroglu, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorGunal, Selami
dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Fatma
dc.contributor.authorSavas, Mehtap
dc.contributor.authorOzer, Ali
dc.contributor.authorAltindis, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:41:23Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Touch-screen mobile phones/devices (TMPs/Ds) are increasingly used in hospitals. They may act as a mobile reservoir for microbial pathogens. The rates of microbial contamination of TMPs/Ds and keypad mobile phones (KMPs) with respect to different variables including use by healthcare workers (HCWs)/non-HCWs and the demographic characteristics of users were investigated. Methodology: A total of 205 mobile phones/devices were screened for microbial contamination: 76 devices belonged to HCWs and 129 devices belonged to the non-HCW group. By rubbing swabs to front screen, back, keypad, and metallic surfaces of devices, 444 samples were collected. Results: Of 205 mobile phones/devices, 143 (97.9%) of the TMPs/Ds and 58 (98.3%) of the KMPs were positive for microbial contamination, and there were no significant differences in contamination rates between these groups, although TMPs/Ds had significantly higher microbial load than KMPs (p < 0.05). The significant difference in this analysis was attributable to the screen size of mobile phones >= 5 ''. Microbial contamination rates increased significantly as phone size increased (p < 0.05). Higher numbers of coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) were isolated from KMPs than TMPs/Ds (p = 0.049). The incidence of Enterococcus spp. was higher on the KMPs of HCWs, and methicillin resistant CNS was higher from the TMPs/Ds of non-HCWs (p < 0.05). Isolation of CNS, Streptococcus spp. and Escherichia coli was higher from the TMPs/Ds of HCWs (p < 0.05). Conclusions: We found no significant difference between TMP/Ds and KMPs in terms of microbial contamination, but TMP/Ds harboured more colonies and total microbial counts increased with screen size.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3855/jidc.6171
dc.identifier.endpage1314en_US
dc.identifier.issn1972-2680
dc.identifier.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.pmid26719936en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84952763083en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage1308en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.6171
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/97095
dc.identifier.volume9en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000371310100002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJ Infection Developing Countriesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infection in Developing Countriesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectMobile phonesen_US
dc.subjecttouch-screen mobile phonesen_US
dc.subjectkeypad mobile phonesen_US
dc.subjectmicrobial contaminationen_US
dc.subjecthealthcare workersen_US
dc.titleComparison of keypads and touch-screen mobile phones/devices as potential risk for microbial contaminationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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