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Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?

Mobile phones (MPs) have become an important work tool around the world including in hospitals. We evaluated whether SARS-CoV-2 can remain on the surface of MPs of first-line healthcare workers (HCW) and also the knowledge of HCWs about SARS-CoV-2 cross-transmission and conceptions on the virus surv...

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Autores principales: Espinoza, Evelyn Patricia Sánchez, Cortes, Marina Farrel, Noguera, Saidy Vasconez, de Paula, Anderson Vicente, Guimarães, Thais, Boas, Lucy Santos Villas, Park, Marcelo, da Silva, Cristina Carvalho, Morales, Ingra, Perdigão, Lauro Vieira, Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina, Boszczowski, Icaro, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira, Mendes-Correa, Maria Cássia, Levin, Anna Sara, Costa, Silvia Figueiredo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8494493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34586308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163074
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author Espinoza, Evelyn Patricia Sánchez
Cortes, Marina Farrel
Noguera, Saidy Vasconez
de Paula, Anderson Vicente
Guimarães, Thais
Boas, Lucy Santos Villas
Park, Marcelo
da Silva, Cristina Carvalho
Morales, Ingra
Perdigão, Lauro Vieira
Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina
Boszczowski, Icaro
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Mendes-Correa, Maria Cássia
Levin, Anna Sara
Costa, Silvia Figueiredo
author_facet Espinoza, Evelyn Patricia Sánchez
Cortes, Marina Farrel
Noguera, Saidy Vasconez
de Paula, Anderson Vicente
Guimarães, Thais
Boas, Lucy Santos Villas
Park, Marcelo
da Silva, Cristina Carvalho
Morales, Ingra
Perdigão, Lauro Vieira
Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina
Boszczowski, Icaro
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Mendes-Correa, Maria Cássia
Levin, Anna Sara
Costa, Silvia Figueiredo
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description Mobile phones (MPs) have become an important work tool around the world including in hospitals. We evaluated whether SARS-CoV-2 can remain on the surface of MPs of first-line healthcare workers (HCW) and also the knowledge of HCWs about SARS-CoV-2 cross-transmission and conceptions on the virus survival on the MPs of HCWs. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital. An educational campaign was carried out on cross-transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and its permanence in fomites, in addition to the proper use and disinfection of MPs. Herewith an electronic questionnaire was applied including queried conceptions about hand hygiene and care with MP before and after the pandemic. The MPs were swabbed with a nylon FLOQ Swab(™), in an attempt to increase the recovery of SARS-CoV-2. All MP swab samples were subjected to SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR; RT-PCR positive samples were subjected to viral culture in Vero cells (ATCC(®) CCL-81™). Fifty-one MPs were swabbed and a questionnaire on hand hygiene and the use and disinfection of MP was applied after an educational campaign. Most HCWs increased adherence to hand hygiene and MP disinfection during the pandemic. Fifty-one MP swabs were collected and two were positive by RT-PCR (4%), with Cycle threshold (C(t) ) values of 34-36, however, the cultures of these samples were negative. Although most HCWs believed in the importance of cross-transmission and increased adherence to hand hygiene and disinfection of MP during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in MPs. Our results suggest the need for a universal policy in infection control guidelines on how to care for electronic devices in hospital settings.
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spelling pubmed-84944932021-10-13 Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings? Espinoza, Evelyn Patricia Sánchez Cortes, Marina Farrel Noguera, Saidy Vasconez de Paula, Anderson Vicente Guimarães, Thais Boas, Lucy Santos Villas Park, Marcelo da Silva, Cristina Carvalho Morales, Ingra Perdigão, Lauro Vieira Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina Boszczowski, Icaro Sabino, Ester Cerdeira Mendes-Correa, Maria Cássia Levin, Anna Sara Costa, Silvia Figueiredo Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Brief Communication Mobile phones (MPs) have become an important work tool around the world including in hospitals. We evaluated whether SARS-CoV-2 can remain on the surface of MPs of first-line healthcare workers (HCW) and also the knowledge of HCWs about SARS-CoV-2 cross-transmission and conceptions on the virus survival on the MPs of HCWs. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital. An educational campaign was carried out on cross-transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and its permanence in fomites, in addition to the proper use and disinfection of MPs. Herewith an electronic questionnaire was applied including queried conceptions about hand hygiene and care with MP before and after the pandemic. The MPs were swabbed with a nylon FLOQ Swab(™), in an attempt to increase the recovery of SARS-CoV-2. All MP swab samples were subjected to SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR; RT-PCR positive samples were subjected to viral culture in Vero cells (ATCC(®) CCL-81™). Fifty-one MPs were swabbed and a questionnaire on hand hygiene and the use and disinfection of MP was applied after an educational campaign. Most HCWs increased adherence to hand hygiene and MP disinfection during the pandemic. Fifty-one MP swabs were collected and two were positive by RT-PCR (4%), with Cycle threshold (C(t) ) values of 34-36, however, the cultures of these samples were negative. Although most HCWs believed in the importance of cross-transmission and increased adherence to hand hygiene and disinfection of MP during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in MPs. Our results suggest the need for a universal policy in infection control guidelines on how to care for electronic devices in hospital settings. Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2021-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8494493/ /pubmed/34586308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163074 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Espinoza, Evelyn Patricia Sánchez
Cortes, Marina Farrel
Noguera, Saidy Vasconez
de Paula, Anderson Vicente
Guimarães, Thais
Boas, Lucy Santos Villas
Park, Marcelo
da Silva, Cristina Carvalho
Morales, Ingra
Perdigão, Lauro Vieira
Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina
Boszczowski, Icaro
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Mendes-Correa, Maria Cássia
Levin, Anna Sara
Costa, Silvia Figueiredo
Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title_full Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title_fullStr Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title_full_unstemmed Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title_short Are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings?
title_sort are mobile phones part of the chain of transmission of sars-cov-2 in hospital settings?
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8494493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34586308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163074
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