Abstract :
Mobile phones present a potential threat in transferring the infectious agents among the patients
in a hospital. But it remains unnoticed due to lack of enough awareness about the use of mobile
phones. Since there were no adequate data about the risk of mobile contamination among the lab
technicians working in clinical laboratories, the present study was designed to examine the role
of lab technician in transferring pathogenic organisms. In addition, the present study was
performed to create awareness about the health risk caused by mobile phones as a fomite and to
insist the cleanliness of mobile phones after every use.
Keywords: Lab technicians, Mobile phones,Staphylococcus aureus
Keyword :
Lab technicians, Mobile phones,Staphylococcus aureus