دورية أكاديمية
Effect of prevalence of e-learning and excessive use of disinfectants to bacterial contamination of mobile phones and computer keyboards during the COVID-19 pandemic
| العنوان: | Effect of prevalence of e-learning and excessive use of disinfectants to bacterial contamination of mobile phones and computer keyboards during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| المؤلفون: | Amal Talib Al Sa’ady, Batool Shakir Abed Almjalawi |
| المصدر: | Medical Journal of Babylon, Vol 20, Iss 3, Pp 580-588 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | bacterial contamination, computer keyboards, covid-19, e- learning, mobile phones, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background: In Iraq, first confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in February 24, 2020. Because of applying of healthy quarantine, electronic learning was applied in order to prevent the potential spreading of COVID-19 in the educational institutions, using of mobile phone and computer increased and given a great opportunity for increasing the microbial contamination. Aims: Study effect of excessive use of e-learning and disinfectants on the bacterial contamination of mobile phones and keyboards during the Corona epidemic. Methods and Materials: 200 samples were collected from computer keyboards and mobile phones used for E-learning by undergraduate students in college of Pharmacy/University of Babylon, Iraq for the period from 1st April–15th June 2021, during COVID-19 pandemic. Isolates were diagnosed by VITEK 2 system. Agar-well diffusion method was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of some disinfectants included sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) (5% (, ethanol 70%, ethanol 99%, chlorhexidine gluconate 4% w/v, and chloroxylenol 4.8 w/v. Results: 308 isolates were obtained included 183 isolates from mobile phones and 125 isolates from computer keyboards. Antibacterial activity was varied depending on bacterial isolates, type and concentration of disinfectant. Sodium hypochlorite 5% revealed highest antibacterial activity against all studied bacteria followed by ethanol 70% and chlorhexidine gluconate 4% w/v, whereas chloroxylenol 4.8 w/v and ethanol 99% have the lowest activity. Conclusions: In light of the world’s preoccupation with the Corona pandemic, the use of mobile phones and computers for the purpose of e-learning increased, which caused an increase in bacterial contamination of these devices, which required drawing attention to this aspect. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1812-156X 2312-6760 |
| Relation: | http://www.medjbabylon.org/article.asp?issn=1812-156X;year=2023;volume=20;issue=3;spage=580;epage=588;aulast=Al; https://doaj.org/toc/1812-156X; https://doaj.org/toc/2312-6760 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/MJBL.MJBL_456_23 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/534bb2ff859c434298abaaf5bc5a2312 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.534bb2ff859c434298abaaf5bc5a2312 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1812156X 23126760 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/MJBL.MJBL_456_23 |