Microbial Contamination of Mobile Phones in a Tertiary Health Care Setting
Health care associated infections (HCAI) can be defined as: An infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other health care facility in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge, and also occupational infections among staff of the facility (World Health Organization, 2002) The term healthcare associated infections (HCAI) replaced old ones such as nosocomial, hospital acquired or hospitalonset infections, as a better reflection of the diverse healthcare settings currently available to patients (Pittet et al. 1999)