Mobile phones could spread infections in Australian hospitals

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Using your mobile phones at work can get you into trouble. But if you’re in the medical profession, it could be putting lives at risk. New research is investigating if doctors are putting their patients at risk by using their mobile phones.

New research is investigating if mobile phones contribute to spreading infections between doctors and their patients.  Bacteria transfer from mobile phones to doctors’ and nurses hands’ which then transfer to their patients.

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