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Colonization of Personal Digital Assistants Carried by Healthcare Professionals

Published:2004-11 Issue:11 Volume:25 Page:1000-1001
ISSN:0899-823X
Container-title:Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

Author:

Hassoun Ali,Vellozzi Ernestine M.,Smith Miriam A.

Abstract

AbstractThis study evaluated personal digital assistant (PDA) microbial colonization before and after cleaning with alcohol. Samples from 75 PDAs were processed. Before cleaning, 96% of the samples were culture positive. After cleaning, 75% became culture negative. PDAs cleaned with an alcohol swab demonstrated significant reduction in colonization.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology

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