Background: Touchscreens are usually microbially contaminated and can therefore act as
fomites inside and outside healthcare environments. Due to the increasing use of such …

Purpose Healthcare students' hand and smartphone hygiene is critical due to potential
pathogenic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria transmission. This study evaluates hygiene …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of
Greek undergraduate students on hand hygiene and mobile phone hygiene, in relation to …

Objective: To compare the evaluation of microbial contamination on the mobile phones used
by dental health-care professionals and faculty of senior secondary school and to access the …

This study was conducted to determine the level of contamination of, and whether there
were any bacteria or yeasts on, the mobile phones of staff members and students, as well as …

Introduction: Cell phones, especially those used by healthcare personnel, have high levels
of bacterial contamination, including multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogens, posing a …

The increasing number of people who are colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant
bacteria imposes a high economic burden on society which includes the negative impact on …