Covid-19 and mobile phone hygiene in healthcare settings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21879896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sunil Kumar Panigrahi (0000-0001-8702-9479, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur), Vineet Kumar Pathak (0000-0003-2788-8399, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur, corresponding author), Mohan Kumar (0000-0003-1986-6384, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur), M Mohan Kumar (Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India), Utsav Raj (0000-0002-7029-111X, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur), Karpaga Priya P (0000-0002-8200-7833, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e002505 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002505 |
| PMID | 32399260 |
| OpenAlex | W3017710112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Covid-19 is now a global pandemic. There is some evidence to suggest possible fomite transmission. Hence, inanimate objects play a significant role in their transmission. In this commentary, we discuss 'mobile phones' as a potential vector of severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 spread. The use of mobile phones has not been restricted in hospital and other healthcare settings. Hence, mobile phones could be a missing link in controlling the covid-19 pandemic. We recommend, as part of efforts to control the covid-19 pandemic, awareness of 'mobile phone hygiene'; restriction of mobile phone use in healthcare settings; avoiding the sharing of mobile phones, headphones or headsets of any kind; and widely disseminated advice from mobile companies, governments and WHO on how to disinfect mobile phones
Business · GSM services · Health care · Hygiene · Internet privacy · Medical emergency · Mobile computing · Mobile phone · Mobile phone tracking · Mobile technology · Pandemic · Phone · Political science · Telecommunications · Telemedicine · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |