Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela
Abstract: The use of mobile phones is widespread in health institutions, including areas with defined microbiological risk as clinical laboratories. In this study, the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria was investigated in mobile phones of laboratory personnel of four hospitals of Maracaibo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b005d3178de043448945a6df076120fc 2023-10-01T03:54:21+02:00 Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela Paz-Montes América Fuenmayor-Boscán Alisbeth Sandrea Lisette Colmenares Joelymar Marín Milagros Rodríguez Egleé 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/b005d3178de043448945a6df076120fc EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://sites.google.com/prod/view/revistakasmera/vol%C3%BAmenes/2011-2015-vols-39-43/2015-v-43-n-2/148-157?authuser=0 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/b005d3178de043448945a6df076120fc Kasmera, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 148-157 (2015) teléfonos móviles riesgo microbiológico bacterias patógenas laboratorios clínicos mobile phones microbiological hazard pathogenic bacteria clinical laboratories Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:48:22Z Abstract: The use of mobile phones is widespread in health institutions, including areas with defined microbiological risk as clinical laboratories. In this study, the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria was investigated in mobile phones of laboratory personnel of four hospitals of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Qualitative microbiological culture of swabs from the surface of 200 mobile phones was performed. A questionnaire was applied, to evaluate adherence of staff to standard hygiene practices during the workday. In 83% of phones bacterial contamination was evidenced, and 29% had bacteria with defined pathogenic potential, predominantly Enterococcus spp., strict anaerobes bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and enterobacteria. Some pathogenic strains showed resistance patterns suggestive of nosocomial bacteria. A high percentage of staff refused to apply minimal hygiene measures to manipulate their phones during the workday. Microbiological results, analyzed together with the low level of adherence of personnel to the standard hygienic practices, allow attributing an important hazard to mobiles phone use in clinical laboratories, which could involve not only owners of such devices and usual manipulators, but also could extend to his occasional manipulators in the community. Resumen: El uso de teléfonos móviles se ha generalizado en las instituciones de salud, inclusive en áreas con riesgos microbiológicos definidos, como los laboratorios clínicos. En el presente estudio, se investigó la presencia de bacterias potencialmente patógenas, en los teléfonos móviles del personal de laboratorio de cuatro instituciones hospitalarias de Maracaibo, Venezuela. Se realizó el cultivo microbiológico cualitativo de hisopados de la superficie de 200 teléfonos. Mediante un cuestionario se indagó la adherencia del personal a las prácticas higiénicas estándar durante la jornada laboral. En 83% de los teléfonos se evidenció contaminación bacteriana y en 29% se identificó agentes con potencial patogénico definido, predominando ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Abstract: The use of mobile phones is widespread in health institutions, including areas with defined microbiological risk as clinical laboratories. In this study, the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria was investigated in mobile phones of laboratory personnel of four hospitals of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Qualitative microbiological culture of swabs from the surface of 200 mobile phones was performed. A questionnaire was applied, to evaluate adherence of staff to standard hygiene practices during the workday. In 83% of phones bacterial contamination was evidenced, and 29% had bacteria with defined pathogenic potential, predominantly Enterococcus spp., strict anaerobes bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and enterobacteria. Some pathogenic strains showed resistance patterns suggestive of nosocomial bacteria. A high percentage of staff refused to apply minimal hygiene measures to manipulate their phones during the workday. Microbiological results, analyzed together with the low level of adherence of personnel to the standard hygienic practices, allow attributing an important hazard to mobiles phone use in clinical laboratories, which could involve not only owners of such devices and usual manipulators, but also could extend to his occasional manipulators in the community. Resumen: El uso de teléfonos móviles se ha generalizado en las instituciones de salud, inclusive en áreas con riesgos microbiológicos definidos, como los laboratorios clínicos. En el presente estudio, se investigó la presencia de bacterias potencialmente patógenas, en los teléfonos móviles del personal de laboratorio de cuatro instituciones hospitalarias de Maracaibo, Venezuela. Se realizó el cultivo microbiológico cualitativo de hisopados de la superficie de 200 teléfonos. Mediante un cuestionario se indagó la adherencia del personal a las prácticas higiénicas estándar durante la jornada laboral. En 83% de los teléfonos se evidenció contaminación bacteriana y en 29% se identificó agentes con potencial patogénico definido, predominando ... |
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Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela |
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Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela |
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Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela |
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Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela |
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Riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de Maracaibo-Venezuela |
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riesgo microbiológico asociado al uso de teléfonos móviles en laboratorios clínicos hospitalarios de maracaibo-venezuela |
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