Prevalence of Bacterial Contamination on Smart Cell Phone vs. Non-smart Phone
NCT ID: NCT01347502
Last Updated: 2012-07-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
203 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2011-04-30
2011-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The transmission of HAI occurs through hospital staff and inanimate hospital environment, equipment, and devices that the hospital staff use.Recently, cellphones (CP) were blamed to cause nosocomial infections.
The mobile phones are used routinely all day long but not cleaned properly, as health care workers' may do not wash their hands as often as they should. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of bacterial contamination of mobile phones in ICU health care providers. and especially compare the contamination rate between smartphone and non-smartphone.
Using smartphone is increasing in hospital with various purpose and it has more extended surface than non-smart phone. therefore we can consider the bacterial contamination rate of smartphone will be higher than that of non-smartphone.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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HCPs with smartphone
healthcare providers in MICU who have smart cellular phones
No interventions assigned to this group
HCP with non-smart phones
healthcare providers in MICU who have non-smart cellular phones
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
19 Years
70 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Seoul National University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jae-Joon Yim
professor
Principal Investigators
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Jae-Joon Yim, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Seoul National University Hospital
Locations
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center
Seoul, , South Korea
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, , South Korea
Countries
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References
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Lee YJ, Yoo CG, Lee CT, Chung HS, Kim YW, Han SK, Yim JJ. Contamination rates between smart cell phones and non-smart cell phones of healthcare workers. J Hosp Med. 2013 Mar;8(3):144-7. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2011. Epub 2013 Feb 15.
Other Identifiers
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smartphone_SNU
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id