Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacterial Communities on Cell Phones Belonging to Health Care Workers and Non-Health Care Workers
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2016
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College of Natural and Health Sciences, The University of Tampa
Abstract
The frequent use of cell phones inside of health care facilities
produces a risk of contamination of the phones with potentially
pathogenic bacteria. The elevated use of antibiotics within these
health care facilities may also contribute to heightened levels of
antibiotic resistant strains on these devices. To assess this, bacterial
samples were collected from health care workers’ and non-health
care workers’ cell phones. The bacterial isolates were assessed
for antibiotic resistance via the Kirby-Bauer method. Eleven out of
nineteen of the bacterial isolates from the health care workers cell
phones displayed resistance to at least one antibiotic. According to
our study, the lower amount of resistance of the bacteria isolated
from the health care worker samples compared to the non-health
care worker samples leads us to conclude that there is not a higher
prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria on health care workers’
phones.
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Recommended Citation: Guillemette , Matt , and Zachary Rivera. “Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacterial Communities on Cell Phones Belonging to Health Care Workers and Non-Health Care Workers.” Acta Spartae, 2016. https://doi.org/10.48497/02RR-PP45.
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Cell phones, Health care workers, Bacteria, Antibiotics, Department of Biology, Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES, Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biology
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Guillemette , Matt , and Zachary Rivera. “Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacterial Communities on Cell Phones Belonging to Health Care Workers and Non-Health Care Workers.” Acta Spartae, 2016. https://doi.org/10.48497/02RR-PP45.