Surveillance Study of Bacterial Contamination of the Parent's Cell Phone in the NICU

Pediatrix

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bacterial Contamination Rate of the Cell Phones

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01560936

3.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the contamination rate of the parents cell phone in a newborn intensive care setting and identify the types of bacteria contaminating the cell phone as well as evaluating the effectiveness of an antimicrobial gel in reducing the transmission of bacteria from the cell phone to the parents hands.

Full description

J Perinatol. 2013 Dec;33(12):960-3. doi: 10.1038/jp.2013.108. Epub 2013 Sep 5.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents with a cell phone

Exclusion criteria

• Parents that do not have a cell phone