Analysis on bacteria detection of telephones in a hospital

  Objective   To study the contaminated bacteria situation of the public telephonesinside hospital and to prov ide the ev idence for controlling the hospital infection effectively.

  Methods   Total 21 public telephones were sampled and detected at our hospital with the bacter iological andimmunological methods.While 30 medical care personnel and 30 outpatients were investigated about the correlative health knowledge.

  Results   Among 21 telephones,the situation of bacterial pollution was high.The percent of pass was only 4.8%.30 medical care personnel and 30 outpatients were short of the acquaintanceship about the correlative health knowledqe.

  Conclusion   The correlative system should be set up and execute/while the publictelephones athospital and the of hospital infection should be included in the management of hospital infection.