March 6, 2009
Cell phones help spread hospital superbugs
Researchers at Ondokiz Mayis University in Turkey blame cellphones as a significant source of infections such as MRSA, which seems to have become an increasing danger in hospitals all over the world. News.com reports.
In researching the cell phones and dominant hands of 200 doctors and nurses, the researchers found that 95 per cent of the phones were home to at least one bacterium. Nearly 35 per cent hosted two. And 11 per cent enjoyed three or more bugs of various descriptions.
What is perhaps most stunning is that 1 in 8 were found to harbor the potentially deadly MRSA bug, which is said to be the cause of 60 per cent of all hospital infections.
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