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- Title
MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTERS AND SIMILAR DEVICES, ILLUSTRATE SOME THREADS AGAINST HUMAN HEALTH.
- Authors
Shayeghi, Farzad; Matini, Esfandiar; Lazemi, Vahideh; Esmaeili, Hossein; Mojri, Nima; Moosavi, Farshad; Zavareh, Seyed Ali Hosseini; Hosseini, Sadaf Sadat; Seyf, Faezeh; Joybari, Ashkan Rezvani; Hakimi, Roqayeh; Rahmani, Amirali
- Abstract
Introduction: now a days, electronical devices such as Laptops and computers due to their well functional usage, may have a major roll and effect on human health. So it is important to be more attentive to their cleanliness. Material & methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study some electronical devices such as Laptops, Tablets, Printer sets, Scanners and multiple part of computers including monitors, mouses, keyboards and cases were assessed by some scientific bacteriological methods like Gram staining and cellular morphology. Results: generally 9410 electronic samples is collected while 7128 cases (75.74%) were polluted significantly. The highest rate of contamination is due to Staphylococcus epidermidis. Almost all the keyboards are extremely contaminated. Conclusion: accordingly, the proper disinfection of such devices in a regular manner recommended to avoid many complexities confront to human health.
- Subjects
LAPTOP computers; MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH; BACTERIOLOGY; GRAM'S stain; STAPHYLOCOCCUS epidermidis
- Publication
Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2022, Vol 6, Issue 7, p73
- ISSN
2717-7564
- Publication type
Article