BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Feb. 10 (UPI) — A Northern Ireland newspaper Friday called for a ban on cell phones in hospitals due to the germs they can carry.
The Belfast Telegraph said its story about bacteria found on cell phones carried by doctors, nurses and even patients at Craigavon Area Hospital in Ulster illustrated the need to keep the devices away from patients.
“Hand-washing must be increased but until a satisfactory means of disinfecting the handsets is established, the only effective remedy is likely to be a suspension of their use by medics and patients in hospitals,” the paper editorialized.
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