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Volume 26

July - September 2010

Number  3


 

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Bacterial contamination
of Hospital Telephones

Alireza Abdollahi1, Saeideh Mahfouzi2

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the contamination of phones in different wards of one academic hospital in order to find out the association and pattern of the contamination with seasons, wards, and cleaning methods used.

Methodology: Samples were collected in a six months period. The samples were collected on a specified day on each month and at two different times of day. Samples were taken from mouthpiece and earpiece of the phones and were used for culture.

Results: S.epidermidis was the most common bacterium cultured in each month and in each ward. Contamination of mouthpiece was more common than earpiece.

Conclusion: Considering the possibility of transmission of the contamination via phones by people who use them and in order to reduce the burden of nosocomial infections, special attention should be directed toward disinfection of the phones as well as other hospital devices.

KEYWORDS: Bacterial contamination, Telephone, Hospital.

Pak J Med Sci    July - September 2010    Vol. 26 No. 3    747-750

How to cite this article:

Abdollahi A, Mahfouzi S. Bacterial contamination of Hospital Telephones. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(3):747-750


1. Alireza Abdollahi MD,
Pathologist,
Department of Pathology
2. Saeideh Mahfouzi Bs,
Department of Laboratory Medicine
1-2: Imam Hospitals Complex,
Tehran University of Medical Science,
Iran

Correspondence:

Dr Alireza Abdollahi
Pathologist,
Department of Pathology
End of Keshavarz Blvd.
Imam Hospitals Complex Central laboratory
Tehran University of Medical Science,
Iran
E-mail: dr_p_abdollahi@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: September 24, 2009

* Revised: May 25, 2010

* Revision Accepted: June 2, 2010



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