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Shining a light on the pathogenicity of health care providers' mobile phones: Use of a novel ultraviolet-C wave disinfection device

BACKGROUND: Mobile phones are known to carry pathogenic bacteria and viruses on their surfaces, posing a risk to healthcare providers (HCPs) and hospital infection prevention efforts. We utilize an Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) device to provide an effective method for mobile phone disinfection and survey HC...

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Autores principales: Malhotra, Sanchi, Wlodarczyk, Jordan, Kuo, Christopher, Ngo, Catherine, Glucoft, Marisa, Sumulong, Ivan, Smit, Michael A., Bender, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32512083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.040