Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Dec;40(12):1427-1429. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.280. Epub 2019 Oct 21.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Phone*
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Microbiota*
  • Physicians
  • Silver / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Silver