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Study of bacterial contamination of mobile phones carried by medical students in a medical college setting.

Study of bacterial contamination of mobile phones of medical students at a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/07/015017
Enrollment
233
Registered
2018-07-24
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Indian Council of Medical Research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students with mobile phones which have been used for at least one month and willing to answer a questionnaire on awareness of mobile phone bacterial contamination will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students with mobile phones which have been used for less than a month, and in those students who carry more than one mobile phone, the less frequently used one will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
This study will provide us the frequency of contamination of mobile phones with pathogenic bacteria among medical students.Timepoint: At the end of the study.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
This study will help us to understand the awareness among the medical students on microbial contamination of mobile phones among medical students.Timepoint: At the end of the study.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactTejaswini Girish

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

shashidhar.v@manipal.edu9886075904

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026