Mobile Phones And Microbial Cross-Contamination (Research Paper Sample)

Mobile Phones and Bacterial Infection Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date of Submission Mobile Phones and Microbial Cross-contamination in Health Care Setting Abstract Following the hand sterilization, 40 anesthetists working in the operating room (OR) were requested to use their in-healing center mobile phone for a short phone call. After this, bacterial sullying of the doctors' hands was found in 38 out of 40 doctors. In the wake of rehashing the same examination with fixed telephones in the OR waiting room, 33 out of doctors demonstrated bacterial contamination. The advantage of using mobile phones as a part of the OR ought to be weighed against the danger for unperceived sullying. Mobile phone use may have more genuine cleanliness outcomes, because, not at all like altered telephones, mobile phones are frequently used as a part of the Operating Room near the patient (Gunasekara, et al. 2009). Introduction The advancement in technology has seen the widespread use of mobile phones which has involved their use even in the process of health care delivery including the emergency rooms and operation theaters. Following this observation, there was conducted a study to determine how frequent the rampant use of mobile phones in health care contributed to the bacterial contamination. The study also aimed to determine whether a proposed disinfecting procedure could decrease the bacterial contamination rates. Mobile phones have increasingly become a popular method of communication across the world as they are user-friendly, economical and easily accessible. However, the widespread use has been associated with bacterial contamination especially in the line of duty in healthcare delivery (Datta et al. 2009). Aim To determine how frequent the rampant use of mobile phones in health care contributed to the bacterial contamination. The study also sought to determine whether a proposed disinfecting procedure could decrease the bacterial contamination rates. Methods The study gathered swab tests from 40 medical services workers and patients’ mobile phones at the Alexandria University Students Healthcare facility. The mobile phones were tested for microbial contamination at the laboratory. Microscopic organisms’ evaluation was performed by the use of both pour plate and surface spread strategy. Standard microbiological techniques were used to distinguish the separated pathogens. The plate dissemination system recognized the Methicillin-safe Staphylococcus aureus depicted by Kirby and Bauer. The two-fold circle dispersion strategy was used to test for Gram-negative bacilli. (Selim et al. 2015). Results 97% of the tested mobile phones were contaminated with either blended, single or both of these bacterial pathogens. Most predominantly were the methicillin-safe S aureus bacterial contaminants. On average, the bacterial distribution was 357 CFU per ml. On the other hand, the middle was 13 CFU per ml as seen from the second strategy. From the surface spread strategy, the figures were 1,720 and 2,192 life forms per a mobile phone. MRSA was the most regularly experienced bacterial contaminants and were all the more as often as possible found in ICU. The present study disengaged three ESBL Klebsiella species from the ICU research center. From the three separates, two were uncovered from the phones. The lab technician’s mobile phone revealed the Acinetobacter Bauman ii species and was observed to be multidrug-safe. Conclusions The use of mobile phones in healthcare facility setting represents a danger of transmitting an assortment of microbial cross-contamination agents such as multidrug-safe ones. The surface spread system is a simple and valuable apparatus for discovery and estimation of bacterial contamination of mobile phones. Clinical Relevance This study investigates the potentiality that cell phones are a source of bacterial contamination in most of the health care setting involving the ICU, laboratory and operating rooms. Following the high percentage of mobile phones’ contamination, the study recommends cell phones are screened for bacterial contamination more so in such areas of the ICU, Operating room, and the laboratory (Nikolic et al. 2011). References Datta, P, Rani, H, Chander, J, & Gupta, V. (2009). Bacterial contamination of mobile phones of health care workers. (Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (ISSN: 0255-0857) Vol 27 Num 3.) Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology. Gholamreza Sepehri, Nooshin Talebizadeh, Ali Mirzazadeh, Touraj- Reza Mir-shekari, & Ehsan Sepehri. (2009). Bacterial Contamination and Resistance to Commonly Used Antimicrobials of Healthcare Workers' Mobile Phones in Teaching Hospitals, Kerman, Iran. Science Publications. Gunasekara, TDCP; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, K...