Telephone mouthpiece as a possible source of hospital infection.
A bacterial culture from telephone mouthpiece showed that 47 percent of the instruments carried pathogenic bacteria. Wiping with a disinfectant swab reduced the number of contaminated telephones. But for complete elimination of bacterial contamination changes in design of mouthpiece holes or type of instrument or using a polythene plastic cover over mouthpiece is recommended.
Department of Medicine, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.
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D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013689:Telephone