Bacterial Contamination of Anaesthetists' Hands by Personal Mobile Phones Used in the Operating Theatre

Medical University Innsbruck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Environmental Microbiology; Equipment Contamination; Personnel, Hospital

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00416936

AB_12_12_2006

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of mobile phones in the operating room (OR) has become widespread, because of the lack of reports on serious problems. Since mobile phones are used in close body contact and since, as for most non-medical electronic equipment, there are no cleaning guidelines that meet hospital standards, the hygiene risk involved in using mobile phones in the OR has not yet been determined.

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Anaesthetist working in the OR