Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians.
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McCumber, AW; Volkoff, SJ; Anderson, DJ; Gunsch, CK
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 2019
An antimicrobial screen was applied to the cell phones of 26 resident physicians to determine its effects on the phone microbiome and its potential to serve as a selective agent for antibiotic or silver resistance genes. No increase of these genes was observed now was there a shift in the overall microbial community.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
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EISSN
1559-6834
Publication Date
December 2019
Volume
40
Issue
12
Start / End Page
1427 / 1429
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Silver
- Physicians
- Microbiota
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Humans
- Equipment Contamination
- Epidemiology
- Cell Phone
- Anti-Infective Agents
- 42 Health sciences
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McCumber, A. W., Volkoff, S. J., Anderson, D. J., & Gunsch, C. K. (2019). Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(12), 1427–1429. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.280
McCumber, Alexander W., Savannah J. Volkoff, Deverick J. Anderson, and Claudia K. Gunsch. “Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 12 (December 2019): 1427–29. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.280.
McCumber AW, Volkoff SJ, Anderson DJ, Gunsch CK. Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Dec;40(12):1427–9.
McCumber, Alexander W., et al. “Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 40, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 1427–29. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2019.280.
McCumber AW, Volkoff SJ, Anderson DJ, Gunsch CK. Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Dec;40(12):1427–1429.
Published In
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
DOI
EISSN
1559-6834
Publication Date
December 2019
Volume
40
Issue
12
Start / End Page
1427 / 1429
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Silver
- Physicians
- Microbiota
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Humans
- Equipment Contamination
- Epidemiology
- Cell Phone
- Anti-Infective Agents
- 42 Health sciences