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CompletedNCT00416936

Bacterial Contamination of Anaesthetists' Hands by Personal Mobile Phones Used in the Operating Theatre

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
40 (planned)
Sponsor
Medical University Innsbruck · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The use of mobile phones in the operating room (OR) has become widespread, because of the lack of reports on serious problems. Since mobile phones are used in close body contact and since, as for most non-medical electronic equipment, there are no cleaning guidelines that meet hospital standards, the hygiene risk involved in using mobile phones in the OR has not yet been determined.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2007-01-01
Completion
2007-11-01
First posted
2006-12-28
Last updated
2009-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00416936. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.