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Association with patient nasal bacterial colonisation
ATTITUDES, UTILIZATION AND BACTERIAL COLONISATION OF INPATIENT MOBILE PHONES

Inpatient use of mobile phones is popular and common. However, there are risks with the use of such technology in the clinical environment, specifically bacterial phone surface contamination, noise, confidentiality and health and safety concerns. There is an association between patient MRSA nasal colonisation and mobile phone colonisation.

The article was published by
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume / Volumen: 17
Number / Número: 6
First and last pages / Páginas inicial-final: 830-835
Year / Año: 2011
Month / Mes: june


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Principal institution where the research took place
Institución principal de la investigación
Department of Surgery, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, midlothian, United Kingdom


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Bibliographic references
Referencias bibliográficas

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8. Sugden J. Hospital ban on mobile phones lifted. The Times, 6th January 2009.

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Li-Kuei Chen was invited by SIIC on
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2011, august 9
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2021, march 9
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2021, june 7





The article is strictly related to the following sections of siicsalud
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Infectious Diseases
/ Infectología
 
Internal Medicine
/ Medicina Interna
 

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y secundariamente con las siguientes secciones

Health Care Management
Administración Hospitalaria

Clinical Chemistry
Diagnóstico por Laboratorio

Microbiological Diagnosis
Diagnóstico Microbiológico

Nursing
Enfermería

Epidemiology
Epidemiología

Bacteriology
Bacteriología

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Mobile Phone Technology and Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Surveillance Study of Bacterial Colonization, and Patient Opinions and Behaviours


Author / Autor
Li-Kuei Chen1

1 Docotor, Assistant Prof, National Taiwan University Hospital, Anesthesiology Department, Taipei, Taiwán (Republica Nacionalista China), Chief Of Pain Section


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Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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