Research Article
Microbes on the Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers in Palestine: Identification, Characterization, and Comparison
Table 2
The use of MPs by HCWs in unique characteristic scenarios.
| | Scenario | HCW | | | | Specialist | Resident | Nurse | Other HCWs | value | | (N = 21) | (N = 56) | (N = 86) | (N = 27) | | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| | The constant presence of hand sanitizer in the medical facility | | | | | | | Yes | 19 (90.3) | 49 (87.5) | 84 (96.6%) | 25 (92.6%) | 0.126 | | No | 2 (9.5) | 7 (12.5) | 2 (2.40%) | 2 (7.4%) | | Using mobile on entry to operating theatre | | | | | | | Yes | 12 (57.1) | 38 (67.9) | 33 (38.4) | 5 (18.5) | <0.001 | | No | 9 (42.9) | 18 (32.1) | 53 (61.6) | 22 (81.5) | | Usage of mobile phone in the operating theatre | | | | | | | Yes | 7 (33.3) | 23 (41.1) | 10 (11.8) | 3 (11.1) | <0.001 | | No | 12 (57.1) | 31 (55.4) | 72 (83.5) | 20 (74.1) | | Usage of the mobile phone next to patients | | | | | | | Yes | 7 (33.3) | 34 (60.7) | 34 (39.5) | 10 (37.0) | 0.026 | | No | 14 (66.7) | 22 (39.3) | 52 (60.5) | 16 (59.2) |
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Chi-square test, missing = 10. |
