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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00416936

Enrollment

Registered

2006-12-28

Start date

2007-01-31

Completion date

2007-11-30

Last updated

2009-02-10

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Conditions

Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination, Personnel, Hospital

Brief 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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Anaesthetist working in the OR

Countries

Austria

Outcome results