Harmful bacteria can survive as long as 24 hours on computer keyboards, a study released on Monday (10 April) showed, highlighting what could be a growing threat as hospitals increase investment in technology, The study carried out at North-western Memorial Hospital in Chicago found that keyboards can contaminate the fingers, bare or gloved, of a nurse or doctor, who could then transfer bacteria to patients.
"The emerging trend in hospitals is to have electronic health records ... some hospitals are putting computers in every patient room," said Dr Gary Noskin, medical director of health-care epidemiology at the Chicago hospital.
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