Title | Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | AW McCumber, SJ Volkoff, DJ Anderson, and CK Gunsch |
Journal | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 12 |
Start Page | 1427 |
Pagination | 1427 - 1429 |
Date Published | 12/2019 |
Abstract | 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. |
DOI | 10.1017/ice.2019.280 |
Short Title | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol |