Presence of multidrug-resistant bacteria on mobile phones of healthcare workers accelerates the spread of nosocomial infection and Regarded as a Threat to Public Health in Bangladesh

Recently, mobile phones have become a potent vector for the transmission of pathogens. In hospitals, the use of the mobile phones by healthcare workers in an unhygienic manner accelerates the spread of nosocomial infection. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of microbiological contamination of mobile phones belonging to clinicians in Bangladesh hospitals. From 100 samples, we identified 69 isolates of bacteria including 22 <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>; 11 <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa;</i> 14 <i>Escherichia coli</i>; 6 <i>Salmonella typhi</i> 6 and 16 <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>. On the basis of antibiotic susceptibility test using 11 antibiotics, it has been observed that most of the isolated bacteria became resistant to antibiotics and compared to other isolates, isolates of <i>S. epidermidis</i> and <i>S. typhi</i> were more resistant and sensitive,…