Bacterial Isolate Isolated from Mobile Medical Staff of Immam Ali Hospital -- Baghdad.

Pirko, Eptissam Younan; Salman, Hayat Kadhim; Razooqi, Burooj Mohammed; Tektook, Nihad Khalawe

Background: mobile phones used by medical staff of hospital often become carriers and may serve as important vectors play role in spread microorganisms special bacteria in hospital and causing many infections. Material and Method: By rotating the swabs on 142 contaminated mobile phones which including all parts of phone and inoculated into transport medium (brain heart infusion) then incubated aerobically at(37°C) for 24 hours, then subcultures Macconkey and blood agar and were incubated aerobically a37°C for 24 hours. Results: most common bacterial isolated from contaminated mobile phones were Coagulase-negative Staphylococci bacteria 16 (19.2 %), S. aurous 8 (10 %) and12 (14.4 %) for both isolate of mixed culture as S. aureus + Bacillus spp and single culture as Bacillus spp. As well as most bacterial isolates isolated from contaminated mobile of staff were high percentage as 12(14.5 %) from both Women's Internal Medicine and Emergency, so isolated from female 46 (55.5%) more than males 37 (44.5 %), so high percentage of CONS as 6 (7.2%) isolated from male and high percentage of CONS and Bacillus spp. as 7 (8.5%) were isolated from both age group (15-25 and 35-45) years respectively, whilst 5 (6%) of all isolated CONS; S. epidermidis and Strep.sp from the age group (25-35) years. Conclusion: Coagulase-negative Staphylococci and mixed culture of S. aureus + Bacillus spp were most common bacterial isolated from contaminated mobile phones of staff from both Women's Internal Medicine and Emergency, as well as most isolated from female than males, also most isolate of CONS and Bacillus spp. from both age group (15-25 and 35-45) years respectively,

BAGHDAD (Iraq); HOSPITAL medical staff; EMERGENCY medicine; CELL phones; SPECIALTY hospitals; AGE groups; EUTHANASIA of animals

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 11, p5024

0976-0245

Academic Journal

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.04363.8