A5051072481- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- ICT in Developing Communities
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Race, Genetics, and Society
Murdoch University
2020-2025
Al Ain University
2024
Bond University
2019-2022
United Arab Emirates University
2017-2020
University of Central Lancashire
2013-2015
Abstract An ever-increasing number of medical staff use mobile phones as a work aid, yet this may pose nosocomial diseases. To assess and report via survey the handling practices by paediatric wards healthcare workers. 165 workers filled in questionnaire consisting 14 questions (including categorical, ordinal numerical data). Analysis categorical data used non-parametric techniques such Chi-squared test. Although 98% respondents (165 total) that their be contaminated, 56% have never cleaned...
Abstract Advancements in technology and communication have revolutionised the twenty-first century with introduction of mobile phones smartphones. These are known to be platforms harbouring microbes recent research shedding light on abundance broad spectrum organisms they harbour. Mobile phone use community professional sectors including health care settings is a potential source microbial dissemination. To identify diversity genetic signature present owned by hospital medical staff....
Mobile phones have become essential tools for health care workers around the world, but as high touch surfaces, they can harbor microorganisms that pose infection risks to patients and staff. As their use in hospitals increases, hospital managers must introduce measures sanitize mobile reduce of care-associated infections. But such involve substantial costs. Our objective this paper was consider two phone risk mitigation strategies a hypothetical could implement determine which involves...
Mobile phones are used the world over, including in healthcare settings. This study aimed to investigate viable microbial colonisation of mobile by personnel. Swabs collected on same day from 30 belonging workers three separate paediatric wards an Australian hospital were cultured five types agar plate, then colonies each phone pooled, extracted and sequenced shotgun metagenomics. Questionnaires completed staff whose sampled assisted analysis interpretation results. All bacteria. Overall,...
There is increasing attention focussed on the risks associated with mobile phones possibly serving as 'Trojan Horse' fomites for microbial transmission in healthcare settings. However, little reported presence of microbes community derived which 2021, numbered billions circulation majority being used a daily basis. Identify viable organisms swabbed from smartphones university campus. Entire surfaces 5 were and examined their content using pre-agar-based growths followed by downstream DNA...
Extended reality (XR) devices, including virtual and augmented head-mounted displays (HMDs), are increasingly utilised within healthcare to provide clinical interventions education. Currently, XR devices assist in reducing pain improving psychological outcomes for immunocompromised patients intensive care units, palliative environments surgical theatres. However, there is a paucity of research on the risks infection from such settings. Identify existing literature providing insights into...
Background Mobile phones of healthcare workers (HCWs) can act as fomites in the dissemination microbes. This study was carried out to investigate microbial contamination mobile HCWs and environmental samples from hospital unit using a combination phenotypic molecular methods. Methods point prevalence survey at Emergency tertiary care facility. The emergency has two zones, general zone for non-COVID-19 patients dedicated COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients. Swabs were obtained both zones...
This article details the development of a single multiplex system amplifying 26 rapidly mutating Y-STR markers. A sequenced allelic ladder, constructed for calling alleles all loci, is introduced. The shows ability to address limitations Y-STRs commercial kits in differentiating closely related males. performed well prevalidation tests and showed great potential be used forensic casework.