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Table 2 Hand contamination rate of HCWs and colony count with or without ring

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

Profession

N (Mean ± SD)

Ring using staff's Mobile phone

(Mean ± SD)

Non ring using staff's Mobile phone (Mean ± SD)

Assistant doctor

79 (19.0 ± 35.8)

13.1 ± 36.4

20 ± 35.8

Healthcare personnel*

68 (18.4 ± 41.3)

24.2 ± 57.5

15.05 ± 26.3

Senior doctor

15 (12.8 ± 15.1)

17.0 ± 19.3

9.42 ± 10.0

Nurse

38 (10.7 ± 28.7)

46.4 ± 86.1

6.7 ± 8.03

  1. Healthcare personnel* (Nurse, physiotherapist, student nurse, etc.)