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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on personal devices in hospital intensive care units: Molecular approaches to quantifying and describing changes in the bacterial community of personal mobile devices.

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Volkoff, SJ; McCumber, AW; Anderson, DJ; Gunsch, CK
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
June 2019

Bacterial community composition and presence of antibiotic resistance genes (mecA, tetK, and vanA) on personal mobile devices (PMDs) of nurses in intensive care units (ICUs) were evaluated. Antibiotic resistance genes on PMDs decreased at the end of the shift, and a several microbial genera changed.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

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1559-6834

Publication Date

June 2019

Volume

40

Issue

6

Start / End Page

717 / 720

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Nurses
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, University
  • Fomites
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Epidemiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Cell Phone
 

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Volkoff, S. J., McCumber, A. W., Anderson, D. J., & Gunsch, C. K. (2019). Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on personal devices in hospital intensive care units: Molecular approaches to quantifying and describing changes in the bacterial community of personal mobile devices. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(6), 717–720. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.56
Volkoff, Savannah J., Alexander W. McCumber, Deverick J. Anderson, and Claudia K. Gunsch. “Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on personal devices in hospital intensive care units: Molecular approaches to quantifying and describing changes in the bacterial community of personal mobile devices.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 6 (June 2019): 717–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.56.
Volkoff, Savannah J., et al. “Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on personal devices in hospital intensive care units: Molecular approaches to quantifying and describing changes in the bacterial community of personal mobile devices.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 40, no. 6, June 2019, pp. 717–20. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2019.56.
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Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

June 2019

Volume

40

Issue

6

Start / End Page

717 / 720

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Nurses
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, University
  • Fomites
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Epidemiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Cell Phone