A recent study has shown that mobile devices used by hospital workers harbor viral RNA, according to an article on the Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality website.
The research also reveals that many healthcare workers don't wash their hands before or after using their mobile devices.
Viral RNA was found on 38.5 percent of the devices, the most common finding being rotavirus RNA.
The study urged hospital to step up hand hygiene protocols and to institute better protocols for cleaning and disinfecting both mobile phones and hospital phones.
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