| 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 |