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Bacterial contamination of hospital pagers
Deepjot Singh1, Hanspreet Kaur, William G Gardner
1Department of Internal Medicine, Akron General Medical Center, Ohio 44307, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|May 25, 2002
Abstract:
We assessed the bacterial contamination of the pagers of healthcare personnel and the efficacy of disinfection with 70% isopropyl alcohol. Microorganisms were isolated from all pagers; 21% yielded Staphylococcus aureus, of which 14% were methicillin resistant. Cleaning with alcohol reduced the total colony count by an average of 94%. Bacterial load varied by healthcare worker group and service assignment.