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

Personnel, Hospital Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00416936
• Other study ID #: AB_12_12_2006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 27, 2006
• Last updated: February 9, 2009
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: November 2007

Study information

• Verified date: February 2009
• Source: Medical University Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Austria: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: November 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Anaesthetist working in the OR

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Environmental Microbiology
• Equipment Contamination
• Personnel, Hospital

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	University Hospital Innsbruck	Innsbruck

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University Innsbruck

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

References & Publications (3)

Klein AA, Djaiani GN. Mobile phones in the hospital--past, present and future. Anaesthesia. 2003 Apr;58(4):353-7. Review. — View Citation

Smith MA, Mathewson JJ, Ulert IA, Scerpella EG, Ericsson CD. Contaminated stethoscopes revisited. Arch Intern Med. 1996 Jan 8;156(1):82-4. — View Citation

Soto RG, Chu LF, Goldman JM, Rampil IJ, Ruskin KJ. Communication in critical care environments: mobile telephones improve patient care. Anesth Analg. 2006 Feb;102(2):535-41. — View Citation