Investigation of microbial colonization of computer keyboards used inside and outside hospital environments [Hastane ve hastane d?ş? ortamlarda kullan?lan bilgisayarlar?n klavyelerinde mikrobiyal kolonizasyonun araşt?r?lmas?]

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dc.contributor.authorDo?an M.
dc.contributor.authorFeyzio?lu B.
dc.contributor.authorÖzdemir M.
dc.contributor.authorBaysal B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:28:36Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:28:36Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractComputers have been commonly used in daily life and at hospitals by medical staff. This study was carried out to search the microbial colonization of computer keyboards and mice used inside and outside hospital environments. Keyboards and mice samples from a total of 398 computers were included to the study, in which 38 were used by doctors and nurses in the hospital clinics (Group 1); 32 by the medical faculty students (Group 2), and 328 by university students (Group 3) in the computer laboratories of Selcuk University, Konya (located at middle Anatolia). Of the computers, 96.7% (n:385) have been found to be colonized by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), 13.1% (n:52) by gram-positive spore-forming bacilli and 8.8% (n:35) by corynebacteria; followed by Candida spp. (4.2%), gram-negative bacilli (1.7%) [Acinetobacter spp. (n:4), Pseudomonas sp. (n:1), Klebsiella sp. (n:1), E.coli (n:1)], Staphylococcus aureus (1.5%), and molds (Penicillium, Aspergillus; 1.2%). The isolation rates of CoNS were similar between the groups (94,7%, 93.7%, and 97.2%, respectively). However it was noted that all of the gram-negative bacterial isolates (7/38; 18.4%) were from the samples collected from hospital computers (Group 1). Susceptibility rates of CoNS isolates to cefoxitin were detected as 26.2% in Group 1, 79.2% in Group 2, and 91.3% in Group 3. Five out of six S.aureus strains were found susceptible to cefoxitin, except one isolated from a sample of Group 1. Linezolid resistance in both CoNS and S.aureus isolates were not determined in any groups. As a result, according to the data obtained from this study as well as from the other foreign studies, the computer keyboards and mice which are widely used in the hospital settings, are being the source of potential cross contamination in the development of nosocomial infections. Therefore the computers should be cleaned properly frequently and hand washing procedures and disinfection rules should be obeyed after the use of computers before handling this patients.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage336en_US
dc.identifier.issn0374-9096en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid18697431en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage331en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/22811
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.relation.ispartofMikrobiyoloji Bultenien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectCoagulase negative staphylococcien_US
dc.subjectComputeren_US
dc.subjectHospital infectionen_US
dc.subjectKeyboarden_US
dc.subjectMouseen_US
dc.titleInvestigation of microbial colonization of computer keyboards used inside and outside hospital environments [Hastane ve hastane d?ş? ortamlarda kullan?lan bilgisayarlar?n klavyelerinde mikrobiyal kolonizasyonun araşt?r?lmas?]en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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