Bacterial contamination of mobile phones of health professionals in Eastern Ethiopia: antimicrobial susceptibility and associated factors

Abstract Background Mobile phones of health care professionals could harbor microbes which cause nosocomial infections to the patient, family members, and the community at large. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of bacterial contamination of the mobile phones of health pro...

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Main Authors: Dagne Bodena, Zelelam Teklemariam, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Tewodros Tesfa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-019-0144-y