Colonization of personal digital assistants carried by healthcare professionals. |
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| Authors: | Ali Hassoun Ernestine M Vellozzi Miriam A Smith |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Infectious Diseases, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA. |
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This study evaluated personal digital assistant (PDA) microbial colonization before and after cleaning with alcohol. Samples from 75 PDAs were processed. Before cleaning, 96% of the samples were culture positive. After cleaning, 75% became culture negative. PDAs cleaned with an alcohol swab demonstrated significant reduction in colonization. |
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