Washington, Mar 6: Mobile phones used by hospital workers can be a source of hospital-acquired infections that kill thousands of people every year, say researchers.
These superbugs could easily be transmitted from patient to patient causing potentially fatal infections.
During the study, the team tested the phones of doctors and nurses in hospital operating rooms and intensive care units, and found 95pct were contaminated with bacteria of different types, that may cause infections ranging from relatively minor skin complaints to life-threatening illness.