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1 Use of portable electronic devices in a hospital setting and their potential for bacterial colonization  Amber Khan, MD, Amitha Rao, MD, Carlos Reyes-Sacin, MD, Kayoko Hayakawa, MD, PhD, Susan Szpunar, PhD, Kathleen Riederer, MT, Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, Joel T. Fishbain, MD, Diane Levine, MD  American Journal of Infection Control  Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages (March 2015) DOI: /j.ajic Copyright © 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Organisms isolated from portable electronic device screens and covers (N = 106). CNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S aureus. American Journal of Infection Control  , DOI: ( /j.ajic ) Copyright © 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

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