A Study of Microbial Flora on Mobile Phones with Spread of Nosocomial Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Hundreds of millions of patients including physicians, nurses and health care workers are affected by Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) worldwide each year, leading to significant patient mortality rates and financial losses for health systems. The use of personal accessories such as cell phones, writing pens and their association with nosocomial infections in the hospitals is a matter of concern. The most common isolated gram-positive bacteria were Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and gram-negative ones are Pseudomonas species. Cell phones and stationery could be the source of bacterial infection transmission in the hospitals. Therefore, the infection control precautions by medical personnel such as regular hand hygiene before the devices use, their decontamination, and developing guidelines in this respect could be very helpful.