found on mobile phones of non- faculty members. These
results showed that university staffs, personnel, students,
health care workers (HCW) mobile phones were contaminated
with various types of microorganisms. Mobile
phones used by HCWs in daily practice may be a source
of nosocomial infections in clinics and hospitals. Therefore,
mobile phones can act as an easy way for transfer
of potential pathogens associated with nosocomial and
other infections. Decontamination of mobile phones with
alcohol disinfectant wipes as well as regular hand washing
should be done to prevent infections. The identification
of unique fragments for each isolate will help in rapid
identification of the isolate and also can be further utilized
to design a diagnostic marker which is isolate-specific.
Such marker can be utilized for tracking the isolate and
also to study their fitness in field.