Cell Phones Connected to Super Bugs

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(NaturalNews) The cellular phones that hospital doctors and nurses bring to work are widely contaminated with dangerous pathogens, even when the health workers wash their hands regularly, a new study has found.

"Our results suggest cross-contamination of bacteria between the hands of health care workers and their mobile phones," wrote the researchers from Turkey's Ondokuz Mayis University in the Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials.

"These mobile phones could act as a reservoir of infection which may facilitate patient-to-patient transmission of bacteria in a hospital setting."

Researchers tested the dominant hands and mobile phones of 200 doctors and nurses in hospital intensive care units and operating rooms for bacteria capable of causing illness. While most of the health care workers followed hand washing guidelines, 95 percent of their phones tested positive for at least one dangerous form of bacteria. Almost 35 percent of phones contained two bacterial strains, while more than 11 percent contained three or more.

A full 12.5 percent of phones tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant variety of the common S. aureus bacteria that is responsible for staph infections. Due to its drug resistant prosperities, MRSA is much more difficult to treat than a regular staph infection and is significantly more likely to cause dangerous complications. If MRSA invades deep tissue or spreads beyond the skin to other organs, complications can include skin necrosis, disfiguring abscesses, blood infections, pneumonia and even death. It is particularly dangerous to those in a weakened state, such as hospital patients.

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[annsni]

There are numerous things that we all should clean regularly that I think most of us don't.

I wash my purse (which is handmade and cloth) once a month and never set it on the ground. But I've heard how many germs purses can carry.

Phones - cell and regular phones (and I'd add in iPods too) should be wiped down with alcohol regularly.

Doorknobs and light switches - bleck!

Toilet flush handles - How many remember to wipe this down?

Faucet handles themselves - especially in the kitchen - needs LOTS of disinfecting

Any other things that you guys can think of? Oh - I just thought of another one - wonder how icky our keys are!

Oh - don't forget to never use the pen in the doctor's office to sign in or fill out paperwork. Use your own.

 

[Salty]

Phones - cell and regular phones (and I'd add in iPods too) should be wiped down with alcohol regularly.

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ALCOHOL ! But what should Baptists use :laugh:

 

[tinytim]

Phones - cell and regular phones (and I'd add in iPods too) should be wiped down with alcohol regularly.

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ALCOHOL ! But what should Baptists use :laugh:

BEHAVE! :saint:

 

[tinytim]

Wiping down offering plates....

(After shaking down parishoners.. .LOL_)

 

[annsni]

Phones - cell and regular phones (and I'd add in iPods too) should be wiped down with alcohol regularly.

ALCOHOL ! But what should Baptists use :laugh:

Peroxide. Get it from the wife. She uses it for her hair.

:laugh:

 

[Alcott]

I thought "super bugs" in this title must mean something else.

 

[gb93433]

When the wind blows we had better stop breathing.

 

[rbell]

Before too long, we'll have everything so sterile, our resistance will be nil.

We should all play in the dirt more.