{"id":3636,"date":"2011-06-03T10:32:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T10:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:53:01","slug":"old-cell-phones-germ-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/old-mobile-phone.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"old mobile phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/old-mobile-phone.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1165 lazyload\" title=\"old mobile phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/old-mobile-phone.gif\"><\/a>Old cell phones and other such devices could pose a health risk in hospitals because of the amount of germs that can accumulate on their surfaces.&nbsp; The germs that old cell phones and the like are carrying into hospitals are not just any old bacteria either, but highly \u201cworrisome\u201d drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the Inonu University\u2019s Department of Medical Microbiology in Malatya in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers studied more than 200 old cell phones and took swab samples from three distinct areas on the phones \u2013 the earpiece, the keypad, and the microphone.&nbsp; The phones were also placed in different categories depending to whom they belonged, be it patients, visitors or actual employees of the hospital.&nbsp; Alarmingly, while only 20 per cent of the phones owned by hospital employees were found to have bacteria on them, 40 per cent of the phones owned by either patients or visitors to the hospital were found to be harboring pathogens \u2013 and pathogens that were resistant to multiple drugs as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe types of bacteria that were found on the patients\u2019 (cell phones) and their resistance patterns were very worrisome\u201d, according to the authors of the report, which has been published in the American Journal of Infection Control in their June issue.&nbsp; \u201cOur findings suggest that mobile phones of patients, patients\u2019 companions, and visitors represent higher risk for nosocomial pathogen colonization than those of (medical staff).&nbsp; Specific infection control measures may be required for this threat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old cell phones and other such devices could pose a health risk in hospitals because of the amount of germs that can accumulate on their surfaces.  The germs that old cell phones and the like are carrying into hospitals are not just any old bacteria either, but highly \u201cworrisome\u201d drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the Inonu University\u2019s Department of Medical Microbiology in Malatya in Turkey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1824],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Old Cell Phones Germ Risk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Old cell phones and other such devices could pose a health risk in hospitals because of the amount of germs that can accumulate on their surfaces. The germs that old cell phones and the like are carrying into hospitals are not just any old bacteria either, but highly \u201cworrisome\u201d drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the Inonu University\u2019s Department of Medical Microbiology in Malatya in Turkey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SellCell.com Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/old-mobile-phone.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Merchant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Merchant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Merchant\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3\"},\"headline\":\"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Recycling\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\",\"name\":\"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SellCell.com Blog\",\"description\":\"Cell Phone News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SellCell\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"SellCell\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3\",\"name\":\"John Merchant\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Merchant\"},\"description\":\"John Merchant has spent over a decade with SellCell, where he has written in-house news stories, provided expert commentary on industry statistics, and delivered company updates that keep readers informed and engaged. With a sharp eye for trends and a passion for clear, accessible communication. Outside of work, John is a lifelong gamer and an avid Android enthusiast, always eager to explore the latest devices, apps, and innovations. His mix of professional insight and personal passion allows him to bring both authority and personality to his writing, making complex topics relatable and enjoyable for readers.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/author\/john-merchant\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk","og_description":"Old cell phones and other such devices could pose a health risk in hospitals because of the amount of germs that can accumulate on their surfaces. The germs that old cell phones and the like are carrying into hospitals are not just any old bacteria either, but highly \u201cworrisome\u201d drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the Inonu University\u2019s Department of Medical Microbiology in Malatya in Turkey.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/","og_site_name":"SellCell.com Blog","article_published_time":"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/old-mobile-phone.gif"}],"author":"John Merchant","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Merchant","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/"},"author":{"name":"John Merchant","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3"},"headline":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk","datePublished":"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/"},"wordCount":246,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Recycling"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/","name":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-06-03T10:32:17+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-12T10:53:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phones-germ-risk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Old Cell Phones Germ Risk"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/","name":"SellCell.com Blog","description":"Cell Phone News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SellCell","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"SellCell"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3","name":"John Merchant","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"John Merchant"},"description":"John Merchant has spent over a decade with SellCell, where he has written in-house news stories, provided expert commentary on industry statistics, and delivered company updates that keep readers informed and engaged. With a sharp eye for trends and a passion for clear, accessible communication. Outside of work, John is a lifelong gamer and an avid Android enthusiast, always eager to explore the latest devices, apps, and innovations. His mix of professional insight and personal passion allows him to bring both authority and personality to his writing, making complex topics relatable and enjoyable for readers.","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/author\/john-merchant\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}