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

NCT00416936 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2009-02-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Personnel, Hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University Innsbruck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arnulf Benzer, MD · Medical University Innsbruck

  • Arnulf Benzer, MD · Medical University Innsbruck

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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