The German health insurance company (TK) has warned of the health risks that patients are exposed to in hospitals due to germs attached to doctors'' mobile phones. The company, which operates in the German state of Bavaria, at its headquarters in Munich, explained that there are previous studies saying that every square centimeter of mobile phones for doctors and nurses contains about four thousand types of bacteria, which is 84 times more than the toilet seat contains.
The company warns that some of these bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. Hence, it is difficult to treat.
The company indicated the number of deaths in German hospitals due to infection with multiple resistance germs, which reached about 15,000 cases annually, according to the German Ministry of Health, and the German health insurance company explained: “It is rare for a hospital medical staff member to clean his mobile phone and sterilize it periodically, which shows Patients are at risk. ”That is why the TK health insurance company appealed to German hospital medical staff to sterilize their hands after every use of a mobile phone.
