Study of bacterial contamination of mobile phones carried by medical students in a medical college setting.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/07/015017
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students with mobile phones which have been used for at least one month and willing to answer a questionnaire on awareness of mobile phone bacterial contamination will be included.
Exclusion Criteria
Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students with mobile phones which have been used for less than a month, and in those students who carry more than one mobile phone, the less frequently used one will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method This study will provide us the frequency of contamination of mobile phones with pathogenic bacteria among medical students.Timepoint: At the end of the study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method This study will help us to understand the awareness among the medical students on microbial contamination of mobile phones among medical students.Timepoint: At the end of the study.