Open AccessMicrobiological Contamination of Mobile Phones and Mobile Phone Hygiene of Final-Year Medical Students in Uganda: A Need for Educational Intervention
Author(s) -
Margaret Lubwama,
David Patrick Kateete,
Kirabo Tess Ayazika,
Winnie Nalwanga,
Douglas Bruno Kagambo,
Mayanja David Nsubuga,
Arnold Kingston Arach,
Leoson Junior Ssetaba,
Joyce N Wamala,
Leah Amaro Rwot,
Henry Kajumbula
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s333223
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , mobile phone , hand sanitizer , acinetobacter baumannii , phone , family medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , computer science , bacteria , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , genetics
Contaminated mobile phones act as reservoirs for organisms causing hospital-acquired infections (HAI). Little is known about medical school students' awareness of infection prevention and control (IPC) regarding mobile phone use among medical students. We demonstrated the presence of organisms on mobile phones of final-year medical students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences and evaluated their awareness of IPC regarding mobile phone hygiene and use in a hospital setting.