标题: Don't use others' mobile phones, especially in the toilets! [打印本页] 作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-2-9 22:03 标题: Don't use others' mobile phones, especially in the toilets!
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Hep A via mobile phone
Added: 04 February 2011
We have all been in a public restroom and listened to someone talking on their cellular phone while sitting on the toilet. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified a 36 year old male who was infected with hep A after borrowing a phone from someone who had been using it in the bathroom stall. While the medical community has suspected that infections have already been transmitted from cellular phones being used while on the toilet, this is the first actual recorded case. Various studies have demonstrated that approximately 25% of all cellular phones have fecal contamination on them. Even if the infected person washes their hands, the contamination remains on the phone if it has been used in the bathroom. The CDC recommends against people borrowing phones that have been used in the bathroom. When in doubt, they recommend that you simply ask if the phone has been used while on the toilet.