National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mobile phones are widely used as nonmedical portable electronic devices and it is in close contact with the body. This study shows how mobile phones can pose serious threats to patients in Paediatric ICU and nursery. 100 samples from keypads of mobile phones were taken using moistened sterile swab from doctors and nurses working in pediatric intensive care unit and nursery of lady hardinge medical college and associated hospitals, New delhi. Bacteria were identified and antibiotic sensitivity determined using standard procedures. 56% of mobile phones showed growth. Majority of isolates were CoNS (Coagulase negative Staphylococci) (71.4%), followed by S.aureus (10.7%), Acinetobacter (10.7%) and E.coli (7.1%). 45% CoNS and 33.3% S.aureus were resistant to penicillin, oxacillin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, Cotrimoxazole and clindamycin. 7.5% CoNS and 16.6% S. aureus were resistant to levofloxacin and tetracycline. 33.3% Acinetobacter and 25% E. coli were resistant to gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin cotrimoxazole and ceftazidime, whereas only 16.6% Acinetobacter were resistant to levofloxacin. This study provides the baseline data for formulating strict guidelines to minimize cross-infection by means of mobile phones in pediatric ICU and nursery.
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