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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 12:22 PM
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Phones fingered in spread of superbugs (within hospitals) - (Hey Doc, wash your phone!)
http://news.scotsman.com/health/Phones-fingered-in-spread-of.4841718.jp

Monday, 5th January 2009

Phones fingered in spread of superbugs

Published Date: 04 January 2009
By Kate Foster

FIRST it was handwashing, then it was cleaning the floors. Now mobile phones are revealed to be the latest battleground for hospital superbugs as a team of experts reveals the bacteria thrive on handsets.

A startling image released by researchers reveals colonies of bacteria grown from a working hospital doctor's mobile phone.

The photograph has been issued by a group of infection specialists investigating the spread of hospital superbugs, such as Clostridium difficile (C diff) and MRSA, between staff and patients.

They say the image reveals the ease with which deadly bacteria can be unwittingly carried around hospitals by members of staff.

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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 12:51 PM
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1. Maybe We Need those Telephone Sanitizers After All
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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 12:56 PM
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2. Has "Ark B" left yet?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/golgafrincham.shtml
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 03:05 PM
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3. 'Hey, I just got a text message from a staph member.'
;-)
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