Microbial Isolation and Determination of Staphylococcus Aureus from the Screen Smartphones of Ten Ub Students

Abstract

Mobile phones are devices that come into contact with our sensitive body parts including hands, face, ears, most of the time. Although we know many bad aspects of the mobile phones, we are indifferent to its bacterial contamination. The purpose of this study was to isolate and determine bacteria (S. aureus) contamination from the screen of smartphones. A total of 10 mobile phones (MPs) of the participants of the university of Buea were screened for microorganism isolation from the month of April to May. The study was carried out using standard techniques to isolate and determine the bacterial contamination using the MPs. The lab-based work involved samples collection from the smartphone screens of the students by the use of sterile swabs moistened with normal saline water. The results provided evidence of MPs contamination.