Healthcare Personnel Attire and Devices as Fomites: A Systematic Review

Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study)

(2016) Patrick H.P. Tang et al.   Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Bacterial contamination of medical devices in a Greek emergency department: Impact of physicians’ cleaning habits

(2014) Eleftheria Fafliora et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings

(2014) Gonzalo Bearman et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Surface Microbiology of the iPad Tablet Computer and the Potential to Serve as a Fomite in Both Inpatient Practice Settings as Well as Outside of the Hospital Environment

(2014) Elizabeth B. Hirsch et al.   PLoS One

Stethoscopes as potential intrahospital carriers of pathogenic microorganisms

(2013) Alejandro Campos-Murguía et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Contamination rates between smart cell phones and non-smart cell phones of healthcare workers

(2013) Yeon Joo Lee et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Bacterial contamination, bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of isolates from stethoscopes at Jimma University Specialized Hospital

(2013) Teklu Shiferaw et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Associations between bacterial contamination of health care workers' hands and contamination of white coats and scrubs

(2012) L. Silvia Munoz-Price et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Gordonia bronchialis Sternal Wound Infection in 3 Patients following Open Heart Surgery: Intraoperative Transmission from a Healthcare Worker

(2012) Shaneka N. Wright et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Health Care Workers’ Mobile Phones: A Potential Cause of Microbial Cross-Contamination Between Hospitals and Community

(2012) Cemal Ustun et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE

Stethoscopes as a Source of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Abigail Russell et al.   Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections

(2011) Yonit Wiener-Well et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Bacterial colonization on writing pens touched by healthcare professionals and hospitalized patients with and without cleaning the pen with alcohol-based hand sanitizing agent

(2011) K. Halton et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Newly cleaned physician uniforms and infrequently washed white coats have similar rates of bacterial contamination after an 8-hour workday: A randomized controlled trial

(2011) Marisha Burden et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Bacterial colonization of rings and cell phones carried by health-care providers: are these mobile bacterial zoos in the hospital?

(2011) Sonal Saxena et al.   TROPICAL DOCTOR

Bacterial flora on cell phones of health care providers in a teaching institution

(2010) Mir Sadat-Ali et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Physician accessories: Doctor, what you carry is every patient′s worry?

(2010) Anita Pandey et al.   Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

The necktie as a potential vector of infection: are doctors happy to do without?

(2010) B. McGovern et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Bacterial counts from hospital doctors' ties are higher than those from shirts

(2009) Pedro-Jose Lopez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Bacterial contamination of stethoscopes on the intensive care unit

(2009) A. M. Whittington et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Stethoscopes: potential vectors of Clostridium difficile

(2009) S.A. Alleyne et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Contamination of stethoscopes with MRSA and current disinfection practices

(2009) L. Fenelon et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Review of mobile communication devices as potential reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens

(2009) R.R.W. Brady et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Prevalence of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureuson the Stethoscopes of Emergency Medical Services Providers

(2009) Mark A. Merlin et al.   Prehospital Emergency Care

Are we aware how contaminated our mobile phones with nosocomial pathogens?

(2009) Fatma Ulger et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

The stethoscope as a vector of infectious diseases in the paediatric division

(2008) I Youngster et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Bacterial contamination of health care workers' white coats

(2008) Amy M. Treakle et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Use of mobile phones by medical staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados: evidence for both benefit and harm

(2008) J. Ramesh et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of healthcare workers' uniforms in long-term care facilities

(2008) P. Gaspard et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

How clean are our stethoscopes and do we need to clean them?

(2008) Srinivas Bandi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION